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George Gordon Meade was a soldier and civil engineer who became a major general in the U.S. Army and commanded the victorious Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Philadelphia was his family's home, and he died at No. 1836 here, in a house given to him for his service to the nation.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States
