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Description George Meade. Library of Congress description: "Gen. George G. Meade"
Date between 1855 and 1865
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.01199. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 4430 <P&P>[P&P]
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Mathew Benjamin Brady  (1822–1896)  wikidata:Q187850 q:pl:Mathew B. Brady
 
Mathew Benjamin Brady
Description American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death 18 May 1822 Edit this at Wikidata 15 January 1896 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death New York Manhattan
Work period from 1844 until circa 1887
date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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New York City, Washington, D.C.
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creator QS:P170,Q187850
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Deutsch: George Gordon Meade (* 31. Dezember 1815 in Cádiz, Spanien; † 6. November 1872 in Philadelphia) war General der Unionsarmee im amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg.
English: George Gordon Meade ( December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a career U.S. Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Seminole War and Mexican-American War. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from command of a brigade to the Army of the Potomac. He is best known for defeating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Français : George Gordon Meade ( 31 décembre 1815 – 6 novembre 1872), le vainqueur de Gettysburg, est né de parents américains à Cadix, en Espagne. Il a été à West Point et diplômé en 1835. Il servit un an dans l'artillerie avant de démissionner pour devenir ingénieur civil. Par la suite, ayant de la difficulté de trouver un emploi approprié dans son domaine, il rejoint l'armée en 1842 et servit au Mexique.
Hrvatski: George Gordon Meade ( Cadiz, 31. prosinca 1815. - Philadelphia, 6. studenog 1872.), američki vojskovođa Unije u vrijeme Američkog građanskog rata.
Italiano: George Gordon Meade ( Cadice, Spagna, 31 dicembre 1815 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6 novembre 1872 ) fu un ufficiale di carriera dell'esercito degli Stati Uniti.
한국어: 조지 미드(George Meade, 1815년 12월 31일 ~ 1872년 11월 6일)는 남북 전쟁 당시 활약한 미국의 군인이다. 미드는 원래 에스파냐의 카디스 출생으로, 미국 이민자다. 웨스트포인트 1835년 졸업생으로 졸업생 56명 중 19등으로 졸업했다. 졸업 후에는 세미뇰 인디언 전쟁과 미국-멕시코 전쟁에 참전했다. 남북 전쟁 중에는 주로 동부 전선에서 싸웠다. 처음에는 워싱턴 D.C. 수비대에 배치되었고, 반도 전역 중에는 조지 맥클랠란의 포토맥군에 배속되어 7일 전투에 참가했다. 이때 미드는 팔, 등, 옆구리에 부상을 당했다. 프레더릭스버그 전투에서는 미드의 사단만이 유일하게 남군 방어선을 돌파하기도 했으며, 이후 5군단장으로 승진했다. 조셉 후커가 해임된 후인 1863년 6월 28일 포토맥군 사령관에 임명되었고, 임명되자마자 게티스버그 전투를 지휘하여 피켓의 돌격을 막아내어 남북 전쟁의 분수령을 세우기도 했다.

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