George Meade

George Gordon Meade was a United States Army Major General who commanded the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War from 1863 to 1865. He fought in many of the key battles of the Eastern theater and defeated the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.

31 December 1815

Born on the same birth day (31 December): Arima Yoriyuki • Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy • Calvin Zola • Daphne Oram • Dennis Everberg • Elizabeth Arden • Ellen Datlow • Fred Beebe • Giovanni Pascoli • Heath Shuler • Jennifer Higdon • Jesse Carlson • Mani Neumeier • Nigel Rudd • Pope Callixtus III • Robert Goodwill • Taylor Mead

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