Great Commanders: General Meade by Isaac Rusling Pennypacker is a biography of Major General George Gordon Meade, a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. The book covers Meade's life from his birth in Spain to his military career and eventual death in Philadelphia. Pennypacker provides a detailed account of Meade's military campaigns, including his role in the Battle of Gettysburg, where he commanded the Union Army and successfully repelled...