WILKES-BARRE — On the eve of the one of the most critical events in the nation’s history, General George Gordon Meade was ordered to assume command of the Army and move against the Confederates, who ...

We talk with Tim McGrath, author of "Three Roads to Gettysburg: Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle That Changed the War, the ...

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George Meade George Gordon Meade (Dec. 31, 1815-Nov. 6, 1872) was a U.S. Army officer and civil engineer best known for decisively defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of ...

» Named for George Gordon Meade, born Dec. 31, 1815, in Spain to a Philadelphia businessman temporarily living there with his family. Meade later attended boarding school in Philly and Baltimore ...

In 1988, during the Iran-Iraq War, missiles fired from the USS Vincennes brought down an Iranian airliner in the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. U.S. 1891 $1,000 treasury note sells for ...

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