. The history of the Civil War in the United States: its cause, origin, progress and conclusion . t military academy, fromPennsylvania, in 1831, and graduated in June, 1835. He was appointedbrevet second-lieutenant of the third artillery, July 1, 1835, and receivedhis full commission in the same rank, in December of that year. On the26lh of October, 1836, he resigned his commission, and for the next sixyears lived in complete retirement. In may, 1842, he again entered thearmy, as second-lieutenant of topographical engineers, and served in thatcapacity throughout the Mexican war, distinguishing
. The history of the Civil War in the United States: its cause, origin, progress and conclusion . t military academy, fromPennsylvania, in 1831, and graduated in June, 1835. He was appointedbrevet second-lieutenant of the third artillery, July 1, 1835, and receivedhis full commission in the same rank, in December of that year. On the26lh of October, 1836, he resigned his commission, and for the next sixyears lived in complete retirement. In may, 1842, he again entered thearmy, as second-lieutenant of topographical engineers, and served in thatcapacity throughout the Mexican war, distinguishing himself at thebattles of Palo Alto and Monterey, and receiving a brevet for gallantand meritorious conduct in the latter battle. He was appointed to afirst-lieutenancy in the topographical engineers, in August, 1851, and toa captaincy in the same corps in May, 1856. During the period whichhad elapsed since the Mexican war, he had been engaged in topographicalsurveys of the northern lakes, and in other duties connected with hiscorps. When the Pennsylvania Reserve corps was organized for three. SKETCH OP GENERAL MEADE. 551 years, Captain Meade was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers, andordered to the command of the second brigade of the Reserves, his com-mission dating from August 31, 1861. While serving in tliis corps, he superintended the erection of FortPennsylvania at Tenallytown, and subsequently joined the army of thePotomac in the winter of 1862. His brigade belonged to McDowellscorps, and remained at Fredericksburg for some months. On the 18th ofJune, 1862, General Meade was advanced to the rank of major of topo-graphical engineers in the regular army, and assigned the same rank inthe newly organized engineer corps of the United States arrtiy, In June,1862, the Pennsylvania Reserves were added to the army of the Potomacon the peninsula. General Meade took part in the battle of Mechanics-ville, on the 26th of June, and in the battle of GainesMill, June 27; andfor h
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