Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War -- and indeed of all U.S. history -- was the battle of Gettysburg ... of the Potomac under General George Meade, fought what may have ...

Brown makes a good case that Meade should have received more credit for the Union victory at Gettysburg. He offers numerous examples ... and Guelzo are based on the general’s perceived failure in the ...

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 at the ...

Gettysburg, PA (WHTM ... (Lydia took her children to safer locations during the battle.) General George G. Meade held his famous “Council of War” here on the evening of July 2, 1863.

Concluding that “Meade probably did as well as any general in following Lee without inflicting serious ... An outstanding addition to the literature on the aftermath of Gettysburg, Race to the Potomac ...