<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UGeorge Meade 18151872 wayeyisikhulu sezempi sasePennsylvania esaziwa kakhulu ngendima yakhe njengenhloko ye-Union phakathi neMpi Yombango. Wathweswa iziqu e-United States Military Academy eWest Point ngo-1835 futhi wakhonza isikhashana e-Army ngesikhathi se-  <response>: Impi Yesibili YamaSeminole. Waqala ukusebenza njengonjiniyela wezokwakha ezinkampanini zezitimela naseMnyangweni Wezempi kwaze kwaba yilapho ephinda ejoyina ibutho ngo-1842. UMeade walwa eMpini yaseMexico naseMelika futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-lieutenant wokuqala ngenxa yezenzo zakhe zobuqhawe eMpini yaseMonterrey. Kusukela ngawo-1850 kuze kube sekuqaleni kweMpi Yombango ngo-1861, uMeade wayebandakanyeka ekuhloleni ogwini nasekuklameni izibani, ikakhulukazi zeCorps of Topographical Engineers. Wakhushulwa waba yi-brigadier general ekuqaleni kwempi, kodwa walimala kabi eMpini yaseGlendale ngo-1862. Walulama futhi wahola amabutho ngesikhathi sempi enkulu, kuhlanganise ne-Antietam neFredericksburg. NgoJuni 1863, uMeade wathatha isikhundla sikaJenene uJoseph Hooker njengomlawuli we-Army of the Potomac, futhi walwa impi yakhe enkulu ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva eGettysburg, impi eyachitha igazi kakhulu empini. Uphumelele ekunqobeni uGeneral Robert E. Lee namabutho e-Confederate, kodwa wagxekwa nguMongameli u-Abraham Lincoln ngokuvumela amabutho e-Confederate ukuba abuyele eVirginia. UMeade waqhubeka nokusebenza njengomphathi olawula i-Army of the Potomac kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwempi, yize u-Ulysses S. Grant aqokwa njengomphathi jikelele wawo wonke amabutho e-Union, esikhundleni segunya likaMeade. 