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Meade, George Gordon (1815–1872)| US military leader. During the American Civil War, he commanded the Pennsylvania volunteers at the Peninsular Campaign, Bull Run, and Antietam 1862. He led the Army of the Potomac, and the Union forces at Gettysburg 1863. During Reconstruction, he served as military governor of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida 1868–69. |
| Meade was born in Cadiz, Spain, of US parents. He graduated from West Point military academy 1835. After working on private railroad and surveying projects 1836–42, he returned to the army, serving in the Mexican War 1846–48. |
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