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Description
Gen. George G. Meade was a general of the Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War, 1861-1865.
An 1835 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he was a career military officer who comanded Union forces to victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.
About This Item
- Title: General George G. Meade, ca. 1864
- Creation Date: circa 1864
- Subject Date: circa 1864
- Media: Carte de visite
- Dimensions: 10 cm x 6 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1927
- Collection: 20th Maine Regiment officers photograph album
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Meade, George G., 1815-1872--Portraits--Cartes de visite.
- United States. Army. Regimental histories--Army of the Potomac--Portraits--Cartes de visite.
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