Atlas of Battles

commander, 15 engagements

Battles of George Meade

Battles of George Meade

United States Army general and civil engineer (1815–1872)

George Meade is recorded as a commander at 15 placed engagements in the atlas between 1863 and 1865: 13 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 503 km apart end to end, 36 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (15).

Battle of WilliamsportSecond Battle of Rappahannock StationBattle of Mine RunBattle of North AnnaBattle of Totopotomoy CreekSiege of PetersburgSecond Battle of PetersburgBattle of Boydton Plank RoadBattle of Hatcher's RunThird Battle of PetersburgBattle of GettysburgBattle of the WildernessBattle of Spotsylvania Court HouseBattle of Cold HarborBattle of Appomattox Court HouseBattle of GettysburgBattle of the WildernessBattle of Spotsylvania Court HouseBattle of Cold HarborBattle of Appomattox Court HousePhiladelphiaNorfolkBaltimoreRichmondLynchburgCharlottesvilleYorkRoanokeWilmingtonAlexandria200 km38.471N, 78.011W
15 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1863: 4 engagements1864: 8 engagements8 in 18641865: 3 engagements18631865
15 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Williamsport, 1863Battle of Gettysburg, 1863Second Battle of Rappahannock Station, 1863Battle of Mine Run, 1863Battle of the Wilderness, 1864Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, 1864Battle of North Anna, 1864Battle of Totopotomoy Creek, 1864Battle of Cold Harbor, 1864Siege of Petersburg, 1864Second Battle of Petersburg, 1864Battle of Boydton Plank Road, 1864Battle of Hatcher's Run, 1865Third Battle of Petersburg, 1865Battle of Appomattox Court House, 186518631865
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1863Battle of WilliamsportWashington County, Maryland, United StatesInconclusive
1 July 1863Battle of GettysburgAdams County, Pennsylvania, United States46 km NEUnion victory
7 November 1863Second Battle of Rappahannock StationCulpeper County, Virginia, United States151 km SUnion victory
27 November 1863Battle of Mine RunOrange County, Virginia, United States22 km SInconclusive
5 May 1864Battle of the WildernessSpotsylvania County, Virginia, United States6 km SEInconclusive
13 May 1864Battle of Spotsylvania Court HouseSpotsylvania County, Virginia, United States17 km SEInconclusive
26 May 1864Battle of North AnnaCaroline County, Virginia, United States39 km SInconclusive
28 May 1864Battle of Totopotomoy CreekHanover County, Virginia, United States33 km SEInconclusive
31 May 1864Battle of Cold HarborHanover County, Virginia, United States5 km SConfederate victory
9 June 1864Siege of PetersburgPetersburg, Virginia, United States42 km SUnion victory
15 June 1864Second Battle of PetersburgPetersburg, Virginia, United States0 km NConfederate victory
27 October 1864Battle of Boydton Plank RoadDinwiddie County, Virginia, United States15 km SWUnion Victory
5 February 1865Battle of Hatcher's RunDinwiddie County, Virginia, United States3 km SEUnion victory
2 April 1865Third Battle of PetersburgDinwiddie County, Virginia, United States5 km NUnion victory: End of the Siege of Petersburg and opening...
9 April 1865Battle of Appomattox Court HouseAppomattox Court House National Historical Park, Virginia, United States119 km WUnion victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, http://www.swcivilwar.com/Photos/Meade1Colorized.jpg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.