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George Meade born
Meade is born in Cadiz, Spain -
Meade graduates from the U.S. Military academy at West Point
Meade graduates from the Military academy at west point ranked 19th in his class -
3rd U.S. Artillery in Florida
For a year, Meade served with the 3rd U.S. Artillery in Florida, fighting the Seminole Indians, before resigning from the army -
Rejoins army
Meade rejoins the army in 1842 as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Topographical Engineers -
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Mexican-American war
Meade served in the Mexican-American War, assigned to the staffs of Generals Zachary Taylor, William J. Worth, and Robert Patterson, and was promoted to first lieutenant for his conduct at the Battle of Monterrey. -
Civil War begins
The American civil war begins -
Meade promoted
Meade is promoted to brigadier general of volunteers and placed in command of the 2nd Brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves -
battle of glendale
Meade is wounded in the back shoulder and arm at the battle of Glendale, one of the seven days battles -
20th Maine organized
20th Maine regiment is organized with Colonel Adelbert Ames as its commander. It became part of Col. Strong Vincent's Brigade of the 1st Division of the V Corps of the Army of the Potomac. The brigade consisted of the 16th Michigan Infantry, 44th New York Infantry, 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry, and the 20th Maine Infantry Regiments. -
second battle of bull run/ south mountian
led his brigade, assigned to Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell's corps of the Army of Virginia. His brigade made a stand on Henry House Hill to protect the rear of the retreating Union Army. At the start of the Maryland Campaign a few days later, he received command of the 3rd Division, I Corps, Army of the Potomac, and distinguished himself during the Battle of South Mountain. When Meade's brigade rushed up South Mountain. -
Battle of Anteitam
Meade replaces a wounded Hooker in command of 1 corps, he performed well but was wounded in the thigh 20th Maine held in reserve -
Battle of Fredricksburg and promotion
at the battle of fredricksburg Meade's division made the only breakthrough of the Confederate lines, fo his action Meade was promoted to Major General -
battle of chancellorsville
resulted in a major union loss even though they had supirior numbers, and the sencond bloodiest battle of the war, the 20th Maine served here -
gettysburg campaign
after Hooker resiegns from command of the army of the Potomac Meade is informed on a message from Abraham Lincoln that he will replace Hooker, 3 days later he met Lee at the battle of Gettysburg -
Battle of Gettysburg
In the battle of gettysburg only 3 days after assuming command of the army of the Potomac, Meade led his army to a decisive victory and turning point in the war, when the confederates retreated and Meade did not puruse them he was criticized for not taking advantage of a chance to end the war once and for all -
little round top
at the battle of gettysburg the 20th maine was stationed on little round top at the extreme left of the union line, the regiment holds little round top and pushes back confederate assaults, if they had retreated, the entire union army would have been flanked, and likely defeated -
Meade offers resignation
When Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant was appointed commander of the Union armies in March 1864, Meade offered to resign. He said the task at hand was so important that he would not stand in the way of Grant choosing the right man for the job and offered to serve wherever placed. Grant assured Meade he had no intentions of replacing him. -
battle of cold harbor
Meade inadequately supervised his corps commanders and did not insist they perform reconnaissance before their disastrous frontal assault, this was the last major battle Meade had a role in -
Civil war ends
Union army victorious -
20th Maine disbanded
20th Maine Regiment mustered out of service after serving in 2 major battles, and a third held in reserve 150 dead from combat
146 dead from disease
381 wounded
15 in confederate prisons -
Meade dies
Meade developes Pneumonia on October 31st, and dies of it on November 6th
