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**__George Meade

__**  General George Gordon Meade December 31, 1815-November 7, 1872   George Meade, A well known general, was born in Cadiz, Spain. He was the Eighth of of the eleventh child. General Meade had more interests of getting an education, rather then a military career. After graduating in 1835, he served a year in the artillery before resigning to become a covil enigineer. In addition, he involved himself in serving in the the mexican war, later on taking the responsibilities of being a general in charge of volunteers at the beginning of the Civil War and to also build defenses around washington D.C. McClellan and himself, together battled in the Peninsula battles, where he had gotten injured. After, some difficulty in finding employment he reentered the army in 1842 and earned a brevet in Mexico. George had been in many more then just a few battles, such as the Second Battle of Bull Run, the battle of Glendale, battle of Fredericksburg and the battle of Chancellorsville. George joined the Army of the Potomac on the Peninsula. During the Seven Days he fought at Beaver Dam Creek and Gaines' Mill before falling wounded at Glendale. He led his bigade at 2nd Bull Run, following his recovery, and the divison at South Mountain and Antietam. Sooner or later, He died in Philadelphia on November 6th, 1872 as a result of old war wounds complicated by pneumonia. George Meade was an important person that was involved in the Civil War, and we will always remember him as a hero.

Works Cited: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meade http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/sidebar/meadebio.htm