Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . w did he come to emigrate toAmerica ? How was he at first employed ? What can you say about thefirst office where the Herald was published ? What was the character ofthe paper ? GEK GEOKGE G. MEADE THE HERO OF GETTYSBURG. GREAT battle was that of Gettysburg, said UncleFrank, and to-day I am going to give you an accountof General Meade, who commanded the Union forceson that bloody field. Can any of you tell me whereGettysburg is f In the southern part of Pennsylvania, said James,
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . w did he come to emigrate toAmerica ? How was he at first employed ? What can you say about thefirst office where the Herald was published ? What was the character ofthe paper ? GEK GEOKGE G. MEADE THE HERO OF GETTYSBURG. GREAT battle was that of Gettysburg, said UncleFrank, and to-day I am going to give you an accountof General Meade, who commanded the Union forceson that bloody field. Can any of you tell me whereGettysburg is f In the southern part of Pennsylvania, said James,and I would like to go there and see all the monu-ments that have been put up since the battle. Perhaps you will, sometime, said Uncle is a place well worth visiting. General Meade was born at Cadiz, Spain, of American parents, in1816, and after graduating at West Point Military Academy in 1835,served bravely in the Mexican War. In August, 1861, near the begin-ning of our Civil War, he was appointed Brigadier-General of volunteers,fought at the battles of Gaines Mill and Malvern Hill, and commanded a10. 146 GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE. division at Antietam in 1862. After receiving the rank of Major-Generalin June, 1863, he was made Commander-in-Chief of the Army of thePotomac. He met the Confederate army soon afterward. The army of Lee, pouring into Pennsylvania for the invasion of theNorth, was hurled back by the Union forces on the field of Gettysburg,and after a three-days battle, beginning July i, 1863, was driven intoVirginia, never again to cross the Potomac. For those three days thefate of the nation hung in the balance; and only those who remember that fearful time can fully appreci-ate what is due to the brave com-mander of the Union armies, Gen-eral George G. Meade. The battle became fiercest onthe third day, beginning with oneof the most terrific cannonades ofthe war. It was Lees greatesteffort. After two days of dreadfulbut indecisive battle, he sent forththe f
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