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George Meade
George Gordon Meade
(December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a career
United States Army
officer and civil engineer involved in the coastal construction of several
lighthouses
. He fought with distinction in the
Second Seminole War
and the
Mexican–American War
. During the
American Civil War
he served as a
Union
general
, rising from command of a brigade to the
Army of the Potomac
. He is best known for defeating
Confederate
General
Robert E. Lee
at the
Battle of Gettysburg
in 1863.
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