ocr: Characters Geffysburg Help Index George Gordon Meade (1815-72) Exit was born in Cadiz, Spain, and Back educated at the West Point military academy, from which he graduated with the rank of leutenant. By the time the Civil War broke out, he was serving in the army as a general. A devoted Unionist, in 1863 he was given command of the Army of the Bookmark Potomac, leading it to victory at Gettysburg. Lacking the strategic genius of Lee or Grant, he was nevertheless an excellent commander. Previous Next
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