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Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg

door Tom Huntington

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A historian's investigation of the life and times of Gen. George Gordon Meade to discover why the hero of Gettysburg has failed to achieve the status accorded to other generals of the conflict Covers Meade's career from his part in the Mexican-American War through his participation in the great Civil War engagements, including Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Petersburg Explores Meade's legacy today at reenactments, battlefields, museums, and institutions that preserve history AUTHOR: Tom Huntington lives in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, and is an editor for Stackpole Magazines. He is the former editor of Historic Traveler and American History magazines. His articles on historical topics have appeared in Civil War Times, America's Civil War, American Heritage, Smithsonian, Yankee, America in WWII, Air and Space, and British Heritage. 20 b/w photographs… (meer)

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Probably the best book I have ever read. It combines military history, biography, and travelogue to tell a marvelous story. The travelogue brings the past to the present. The biography and military history are lean depending much on first hand accounts. Great maps!
I just loved this book and can’t say enough about bringing this little remembered figure from our history. (

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rhbouchard | Apr 19, 2024 |

While I can't say this is a bad work, the reality is that it wasn't written for me, and was a little bit shallow for my purposes. Still, even if one is a hardened student of the Civil War, you'll enjoy reading about the author's travels in the course of learning about Meade's life. As for why Meade isn't better remembered, besides the shadow of not having made more of the victory of Gettysburg (which was realistically not very likely), Huntington suspects that Meade didn't have the right mindset to play the game of military high command the way that Grant did. (

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A historian's investigation of the life and times of Gen. George Gordon Meade to discover why the hero of Gettysburg has failed to achieve the status accorded to other generals of the conflict Covers Meade's career from his part in the Mexican-American War through his participation in the great Civil War engagements, including Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Petersburg Explores Meade's legacy today at reenactments, battlefields, museums, and institutions that preserve history AUTHOR: Tom Huntington lives in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, and is an editor for Stackpole Magazines. He is the former editor of Historic Traveler and American History magazines. His articles on historical topics have appeared in Civil War Times, America's Civil War, American Heritage, Smithsonian, Yankee, America in WWII, Air and Space, and British Heritage. 20 b/w photographs

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