The ferocious onslaught resulted in the end of the Confederacy's intentions to inaugurate an independent nation after the Union – led by Major General George Meade - defeated General Robert E.

The author of a number books on the Civil War, Kent Masterson Brown here undertakes the first comprehensive analysis of George Meade’s generalship as commander of the Army of the Potomac during the ...

Lee, and the Union Army of the Potomac under General George Meade, fought what may have been the most crucial battle of the war. If the South had won a major victory, some historians believe that ...

The Union commander, General George Meade, had expected an attack from the opposite direction and was caught unawares. However, the length of the march and Union control of the high ground to spot ...