Life Of General George Gordon Meade

Author : Tom Huntington
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811708136
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Searching for George Gordon Meade written by Tom Huntington and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historian's investigation of the life and times of Gen. George Gordon Meade to discover why the hero of Gettysburg has failed to achieve the status accorded to other generals of the conflict.

Author : George Gordon Meade
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade written by George Gordon Meade and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Gordon Meade
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
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Download or read book Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-general United States Army written by George Gordon Meade and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 72 pages
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Download or read book Life and Public Services of Major-General Meade (George Gordon Meade) written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Meade Bache
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
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Download or read book Life of General George Gordon Meade written by Richard Meade Bache and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kent Masterson Brown, Esq.
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469662000
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meade at Gettysburg written by Kent Masterson Brown, Esq. and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade guided his forces to victory in the Civil War's most pivotal battle. Commentators often dismiss Meade when discussing the great leaders of the Civil War. But in this long-anticipated book, Kent Masterson Brown draws on an expansive archive to reappraise Meade's leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. Using Meade's published and unpublished papers alongside diaries, letters, and memoirs of fellow officers and enlisted men, Brown highlights how Meade's rapid advance of the army to Gettysburg on July 1, his tactical control and coordination of the army in the desperate fighting on July 2, and his determination to hold his positions on July 3 insured victory. Brown argues that supply deficiencies, brought about by the army's unexpected need to advance to Gettysburg, were crippling. In spite of that, Meade pursued Lee's retreating army rapidly, and his decision not to blindly attack Lee's formidable defenses near Williamsport on July 13 was entirely correct in spite of subsequent harsh criticism. Combining compelling narrative with incisive analysis, this finely rendered work of military history deepens our understanding of the Army of the Potomac as well as the machinations of the Gettysburg Campaign, restoring Meade to his rightful place in the Gettysburg narrative.

Author : Richard Allen Sauers
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612340644
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meade written by Richard Allen Sauers and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most students of the American Civil War know the name George Gordon Meade, but few can tell you about the man. Rising from the Union officer corps to lead the previously ill-fated Army of the Potomac, Meade took overall command only hours before his forces encountered Robert E. Lee's Confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1863." "Historian Richard Sauers shows that while Meade led his men to victory in one of the most famous battles in history, he was soon embroiled in political battles with fellow generals and Washington politicians. Despite detractors' efforts to question Meade's judgment and smear his reputation - efforts often exacerbated by the general's own volatile temper and undiplomatic behavior - he continued to put duty to his country and his men first. When Ulysses S. Grant was named lieutenant general in charge of all Union forces, Grant made his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac and soon overshadowed Meade. Sauers chronicles the tense relationship that developed between the two men and the effect it had on the crucial last days of the war." "This concise but authoritative account is the only recent biography of Meade and should spark renewed study of one of the Civil War's most underrated leaders."--Jacket

Author : Richard Meade Bache
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230357522
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life of General George Gordon Meade; Commander of the Army of the Potomac written by Richard Meade Bache and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. THE LETTERS THAT PASSED BETWEEN GENERALS GRANT AND LEE PRECEDING, THE LAST TWO ACCOMPANYING, THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE. NO. I. Ann. 7,1865. General: The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood. by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States Army known as the Army of Northern Virginia. U. S. Grant, General R. E. Lee. Lieutenant-General. No. 2. April 7, 1865. General: I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia. I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and therefore, before considering your proposition, ask the terms you will offer on condition of its surrender. R. E. Lee, Lieutenant-general U. S. Grant. General. No. 3. April 8*1865. General: Your note of last evening in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia is just received. In reply, I would say that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely, that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or will designate officers to meet any officers you may name forthe same purpose, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia will be received....

Author : Ethan Sepp Rafuse
Publisher : Civil War Campaigns & Commande
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book George Gordon Meade and the War in the East written by Ethan Sepp Rafuse and published by Civil War Campaigns & Commande. This book was released on 2003 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though he defeated Robert E. Lee in the Civil War's greatest battle, George Gordon Meade has never enjoyed a prominent place in the pantheon of Union war heroes. To most students of the Civil War, he is merely the man who was lucky enough to benefit from Confederate mistakes at Gettysburg, but whose shortcomings as a commander compelled Abraham Lincoln to bring in Ulysses S. Grant from the West to achieve victory. In this, the first book-length study of the general to appear in a generation, Ethan S. Rafuse challenges the notion that Meade was simply the last in a long line of failed Union commanders in the East. Instead, George Gordon Meade and the War in the East offers a balanced, informative, and complete, yet concise, reconsideration of the general's life and career. It also provides keen analysis of the military and political factors that shaped operations in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and delineates the sources of tension between Washington and the Army of the Potomac high command that played such an important role in shaping the war in the Eastern Theater. This study will appeal to anyone with an interest in Meade and the politics of command in the Civil War, and encourage reconsideration of traditional interpretations of the Union war effort in the East.

Author : Colonel George Gordon Meade (son)
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade (Volume II-Abridged) written by Colonel George Gordon Meade (son) and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is high time that dispute should cease as to the award due him who won the greatest battle of the war, upon which it turned, saving the nation's capital, and giving to the Rebellion a blow from which it never recovered...it remains for history to record that, from the beginning to the end of the Rebellion, it was only when Meade was chief that Lee was ever met in pitched battle and defeated on equal terms." Called in the dead of night to General Hooker's headquarters, George Meade thought he might be heading to be relieved of command or arrested. Instead, he emerged from Hooker's tent and told his aide "Well, I am in command of the Army of the Potomac." And he was headed for Gettysburg. Meade spent the rest of his life defending his actions at Gettysburg. His skillful deployment and management of the command at that battlefield was a major Union victory and the turning point of the war. In this second volume of his letters, his son and grandson present a narrative, letters to and from Meade, and letters from other participants in the battle that corroborate Meade's rightful position as the hero of Gettysburg. No study of the American Civil War is complete without this two-volume set. For the first time ever, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.