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Sherman Family Photographs
Description: Carte de visite photograph of Major General George Meade, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Meade was born on December 31, 1815, in Cadiz, Spain, where his father, a merchant, was serving as a naval agent with the United States government. Meade attended Mount Hope Institution in Baltimore, Maryland, before entering the United States Military School in 1821 and graduated 19th in a class of 56 cadets in 1835. His main interest was civil engineering, but after marrying, he found it difficult to find civilian jobs, so he returned the to the Army. He is best know for defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. He died on November 6, 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04341
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; Generals--United States
Places: Sherman Family Photographs