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Meade, George Gordon

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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American general, born at Cadiz, son of an American merchant; he passed through West Point and joined the engineers; he served in the Mexican War, became captain and major, and was employed surveying and lighthouse building till the Civil War; in it, first in command of volunteers and afterwards as general in the regular army, he distinguished himself chiefly by frustrating Lee in 1863; after the war he continued in the service till his death at Philadelphia (1815-1872).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Meade, George Gordon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/meade-george-gordon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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