{"id":1362,"date":"2015-12-23T14:03:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T19:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eb1870.org\/?page_id=1362"},"modified":"2016-07-20T08:17:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T12:17:44","slug":"george-meade","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.eb1870.org\/project\/george-meade\/","title":{"rendered":"George Meade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brother George Meade<\/strong><\/p>\n December 31st 1815 \u2013 November 6th 1872<\/p>\n United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in the coastal construction of several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War<\/a> and the Mexican\u2013American War. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from command of a brigade to command of the Army of the Potomac. He is best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg<\/a> in 1863.<\/p>\n General George Meade’s Walking Stick<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/eb1870.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/famous-masons-george-meade-1-1.jpg” alt=”Famous Freemason George Meade” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brother George Meade December 31st 1815 \u2013 November 6th 1872 United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in the coastal construction of several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"