Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gen. George G. Meade” in entry hooker-joseph of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...rds was commissioned brigadier-general in the United States army.
Early in 1863 he succeeded Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside (q. v.) in the command of the Army of the Potomac, and was himself succeeded by Gen. George G. Meade (q. v.) in June.
He performed efficient service near Chattanooga in the fall of 1863, and in the Atlanta campaign of 1864.
In 1868 he was retired with the full rank of major-general.
He died in...
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