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= George Meade = George Meade was a Union captain during the Civil War but was premoted on July 3,1863 to brigadier general of volunteers. Again he is premoted due to the recommendations of Andrew Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania, to command the 2nd brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves.

media type="custom" key="2970032" At that point George Meade joined George McClellan's Army of the Potomac for the Peninsula Campaign. At the Battle of Glendale, one of the six Seven Days battles, Meade was severly injured. He recovered in time for the North Virgina Campagin and the 2nd battle of the Bull Run. Meade also participated in the Maryland Campaign, Battle of South Mountain, Battle of Antietam, and the Battle of Chancellorsville. But what Meade is really known for is his victory at the battle of Gettysburg.Thanks to Meade's war tactics and the way Meade positioned his brigade against Lee's Army of Northern Virginia caused him to win the accidental battle. media type="custom" key="2970074" media type="custom" key="2970034" George Meade is important because with out him we might not have won the Battle of Gettysburg. But since he did win, the Battle of Gettysburg was the major turning point of the Civil War. =media type="custom" key="2970042"=

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 * George Meade is an engineer.
 * He was born in Spain on New Years Eve in 1815.



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**__Works Cited:__** http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/spring/piece-lee.html
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