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Richmond-Petersburg campaign. Appomattox campaign. George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) 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 ...
MN 250. The Corinthian column is topped by a bronze statue of Brigadier-General George Stannard. 13th Vermont Infantry Monument. Hancock Avenue. 39°48′35″N 77°14′11″W / 39.809665°N 77.236269°W / 39.809665; -77.236269 (13th Vermont Infantry Monument) James H. Walling, designer.
Union Army major general George Meade was the victor at the Battle of Gettysburg [10] George Gordon Meade (1815–1872), Civil War Union Army major general, victor at the Battle of Gettysburg; James Mease (1771-1846) prominent scientist, horticulturist, and doctor who published the first known tomato-based ketchup recipe in 1812
The most prestigious commission of Grafly's career was the Major General George Gordon Meade Memorial (1915–27), a monument for the National Mall in Washington, D.C. [36] General Meade (1815–1872) had been commander of the decisive Union victory at Gettysburg, and the memorial was the gift of Pennsylvania to the nation. [37]
United States Military Academy (BS) Hooker in an 1863 engraving. Joseph Hooker (November 13, 1814 – October 31, 1879) was an American Civil War general for the Union, chiefly remembered for his decisive defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
Major General George Gordon Meade is an equestrian statue that stands in Philadelphia 's Fairmount Park. The statue, which was unveiled in 1887, was designed by sculptor Alexander Milne Calder and honors George Meade, who had served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was later a commissioner for the park.
The Pennsylvania State Memorial [2] is a monument in Gettysburg National Military Park that commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought in the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The memorial stands along Cemetery Ridge, the Union battle line on July 2, 1863. [3]
James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was an American military officer who served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the Army of Northern ...