<prompt> George Meade 18151872 aiva mukuru wemauto aibva kuPennsylvania uyo anonyanya kuzivikanwa nebasa rake semukuru wemauto eUnion munguva yeHondo yeVanhu. Akapedza kudzidza paUnited States Military Academy paWest Point muna 1835 uye akamboshanda muuto munguva yeSecond Seminole War  <response>: . Akatanga kushanda sainjiniya wezvivakwa kumakambani enjanji uye Dhipatimendi reHondo kusvikira apindazve muchiuto muna 1842. Meade akarwa muhondo yeMexico neAmerica uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant wekutanga nokuda kwezviito zvake zveushingi paHondo yeMonterrey. Kubva kuma1850 kusvika pakatanga Hondo Yenyika muna 1861, Meade aibatanidzwa mukuongorora mhenderekedzo dzegungwa uye kugadzira zvivheneko zvemwenje, kunyanya kuCorps of Topographical Engineers. Akakwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general pakutanga kwehondo, asi akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa muHondo yeGlendale muna 1862. Akapora ndokutungamirira mauto muhondo huru, kubatanidza Antietam naFredericksburg. Muna June 1863, Meade akatsiva General Joseph Hooker semukuru mukuru weArmy of the Potomac, uye akarwa muhondo yake huru mazuva mashomanana gare gare paGettysburg, hondo yeropa yehondo. Akakwanisa kukunda General Robert E. Lee nemauto eConfederate, asi akashoropodzwa naPresident Abraham Lincoln nekubvumira mauto eConfederate kuti adzokere kuVirginia. Meade akaramba achishanda semutungamiri wemauto ePotomac kusvika pakupera kwehondo, kunyange zvazvo Ulysses S. Grant akagadzwa mukuru mukuru wemauto ose eUnion, achitsiva masimba aMeade. 