General George Gordon Meade: General In The Civil War
General George Gordon Meade, or better known as, “Old Snapping Turtle”, was a General in the Civil War.Meade's Civil War combat experience started as a brigade commander in the Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days Battles, including the Battle of Glendale, where he was wounded severely. As a division commander, he had notable success at the Battle of South Mountain and assumed temporary corps command at the Battle of Antietam. His division was arguably the most successful during the assaults at the Battle of Fredericksburg.Meade assumed command at Prospect Hall in Frederick, Maryland.[9] Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was invading Pennsylvania and, as a former corps commander, Meade had little knowledge of the disposition of the rest of his