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Meade was one of the most underappreciated Generals of the Civil War, then and afterwards. Lincoln, despite his endless, sleepless nights in the cable room had no first-hand knowledge of the battle fitness of his troops on the ground. Lee had just proven how disastrous attacking prepared fortifications can be and he was angry that Meade didn't do the same? Lincoln had just received news from Grant at Vicksburg of a long-awaited Confederate surrender and the thought that a happenstance surrender in Maryland was laudable, but wishing for too much. The South had not been bloodied enough to affect an abject surrender, it never really was. It wasn't until Sherman's march that the southern support was sufficiently tired enough of losing to grudgingly accepting that their way of life was going to change. In some ways, they still aren't, but that's another story.
The Army of the Potomac after Gettysburg was in no shape to chase after Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it was as exhausted as the confederate forces and taken heavy losses in the victory.
Lincoln what's wrong just as he was wrong about other things. Lincoln was not a great tactician. Need was a very careful albeit somewhat conservative tactician. Meade deserves more credit
Meade was perfect for Gettysburg, lets dig in
Meade was correct in his actions !!!
Perhaps, just perhaps Meade believed enough Americans had died that day.
Meade was on site, talking to his Corps and Division commanders. He was much more aware of the condition of his Command than Washington bean-counters. He made the right call.
Lincoln got too much credit. Meade didn't get enough credit. It's easy to criticize when you're not the one engaged in the bloodbath we know as Gettysburg.
I have always asked myself and everyone that knows the subject well, Why is General George Meade not celebrated, for winning the battle that saved the Union, and I think Honest Abe was trying to look for a complete ending of the war, that day. Robert E Lee went back south battered and bruised. The President was asking for too much and Gen Meade should have a saber yielding statue. Great video
Grant would have crushed Lee at the river. Lee sat there for nine days. Artillery could have shelled him or troops could have ferried across the river and blocked his escape. Meade was concerned with what Lee would do to him whereas Grant would be thinking about what he was going to do to Lee.
Meade did the right thing before AND after the battle. Lincoln was a politician and did NOT have the military experience nor specific knowledge at the time.
The story says Hancock picked the Cemetery Hill position, no mention of Howard placing troops there before Hancock showed up. Hancock agreed with the position.
Why's General Meade wearing the three 🌟 shoulder straps of A LT. GENERAL?
During the Battle of Gettysburg, he wore the two 🌟 shoulder straps of A MAJOR GENERAL.
The various battles on Culp's Hill is often overlooked. A thoughtful Union General there created strong multi-layered defensive works that saved the Union there. And recall that part of that critical flank was lost by the Union. But they took it back (a Maryland unit fighting for the Union defeated a Maryland unit fighting for the confederates!) This helped to force Lee's hand to attack the center. That was not such a bad idea after suffering such a defeat on Culps Hill that morning and after the defeat on Little Round top. Lee knew that Meade had reenforced those flanks. His mistake was discounting the Union solders thinking they'd break just due to the superior efforts of his army. IMO that was Lee's most serious mistake — cannons back then didn't care how brave a solder was. A terrible lesson that in WW1 generals still refused to learn about machine guns, either (and artillery, as well.)
Lee may have been brilliant but in my opinion it was overshadowed by his overweening attitude after his major victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
What would Grant have done? And is there additional information available about the disposition of the two armies at the point of opportunity?
JEB Stuart was an enigmatic combination of naturally-charismatic equestrian athlete, hotdogger, lady’s man and complete, utter incompetent.
Mead should have pursued Lee after Gettysburg in some form, if not then entire remains of his army of the Pattomac.
In the East Cavalry field, the true hero in defeating J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry attack, was not George Custer. Custer just took orders that day as he did every day in his military career. But Custer saw the circumstances needing orders and found those orders were already given by the man in charge there, General David Gregg. Even though Custer was in command of 4 Michigan Cavalry Regiments that day, and each Regiment had its own LT. Colonel in control, Custer rode to the front with those Lt. Colonels and joined in leading two different charges. The first by the 7th Michigan Regiment and the second by the 1st Michigan Regiment. Brigadier Generals do not go about leading the Regiments within their command on charges. But Custer did. He loved being in the front of a charge. The men in those Regiments had never been led into battle by their commanding General. They were surprised and emboldened by such actions of a senior officer. Custer loved the cavalier dress he had seen in the dime novels of his youth, and he liked that look for himself. J.E.B. Stuart was also one to embrace the flowery feathers of cavaliers of the ages and both men were chastised by their superiors and peers for their view of a dress "uniform". More so Custer received denouncements than Stuart. So, Custer wore a red scarf about his neck, because he liked to look different and it added to his confidence in being in the battle. Superiors and peers looked at it and said he just wanted to call attention to himself. That notion lives on today but even though it most defiantly did bring Custer attention, for him it was more about how he felt personally in his look than how others would see him. He cared less about what others thought. His men saw him and they loved him for what he did with them. He was all the talk after the East Cavalry Field battle by the Michiganders, as they did not like him one bit just 4 days earlier when he took command. Newspaper men heard the talk and said, this is where the story is. They are the ones who sought Custer out and even though they did not get much from him, they wrote what they heard from his men. Custer became a "Rock Star" for the press and the eager Northern Citizens who could not get enough reading of a Union Victory at last. Now in Custer's field report of that day's action about the performance of his 4 Michigan Regiments, he gave all of them and their Lt. Colonel's commanding written credit for the success that day. He only mentioned himself once when he said, "I rode up to the head of the 7th Regiment and ordered a charge but found that General Gregg had already given the order!" He gave bold praise to the horse artillery under the command of Captain Alexander Pennington, and the men of his guns, for their great effort in winning the battle. He did not talk about himself in the battle and people today do not understand that. But General David Gregg was the hero of the East Cavalry Field that day, not George Custer. But newspaper men found a story to sell only in Custer. Look it up. This is what history accurately, actually says.
Solid video. One critique though, The 20th Maine & Chamberlain, while they performed beautifully on July 2nd….their stand did not “save” the Union Army at Gettysburg
Behind and below the summit, as Oates’ Alabamians were slamming into the 20th…Sedgwick’s Corps, over 5,000 men had just arrived on the field
Besides, how could 200 exhausted men, w almost no ammunition left hope to turn the flank of an Army that was 80,000 strong?
If you ever go to Gettysburg and stand on Cemetery Ridge, you’ll see that the advancing Rebels would disappear (bc of the undulating ground) for long stretches at a time…so they weren’t fully exposed the entire time
BUT once they got to the Emmitsburg Road…Jesus that must’ve been hell on earth for those guys bc they got hit from their flanks & their front w artillery & musket fire that must’ve thundered like a tornado
Without any doubt & very easily, Lincoln was completely wrong. Richard
This was an excellent breakdown of George Meade's role at the Battle of Gettysburg. One thing that often gets overlooked is just how difficult his situation was. He had only been given command of the Army of the Potomac a few days before one of the most important battles in American history, yet he had to make life-or-death decisions under enormous pressure. While generals like Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, and George Pickett are often the focus of Gettysburg discussions, Meade's defensive strategy, his choice of terrain, and his ability to coordinate the Union army were critical to the outcome.
I also appreciate that this video highlights a commander who doesn't always receive the recognition he deserves. Gettysburg wasn't won by luck—it was the result of leadership, preparation, and the courage of thousands of soldiers. History is always more fascinating when we look beyond the famous names and examine the decisions that truly changed events.
Thanks for putting together such an informative video. I really enjoyed watching it and I'm looking forward to more content on Gettysburg and other Civil War battles.
George Meade is still one of the most underrated and at the same time one of the most overrated generals of the Civil War.
Underrated because he took command of the Army of the Potomac only days before Gettysburg and managed to stop Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North. That's an enormous achievement that often gets overshadowed by names like Grant, Sherman, or even Lee himself.
But overrated because I can't help wondering… did Meade miss the greatest opportunity of the entire war? After Lee's army was battered and retreating toward the Potomac, should Meade have been far more aggressive? If he had destroyed the Army of Northern Virginia right there, could the war have ended months or even years earlier?
Some historians argue he was being cautious for good reasons. His army had taken terrible losses, many corps commanders were exhausted, and one reckless attack could have turned victory into disaster. Others believe his caution allowed Lee to escape when the Confederacy was at its weakest.
I'm genuinely curious where everyone stands on this. Was Meade the hero who saved the Union at Gettysburg, or was he the commander who let the Confederacy slip away when history handed him a once-in-a-lifetime chance?
I'd love to hear different opinions this is one of those Civil War debates that never seems to have a final answer.
Meade had just witnessed how Pickett's Charge was devastated by the power of the defensive and that was against a position that had not really been fortified outside of some lunettes for gun emplacements or existing stone walls. Lee's lines on the Potomac were fully fortified with overlapping fields of fire and the flanks protected. Meade was not willing to repeat Lee's performance and direct his army into a frontal assault against Lee's field fortifications which was sure to be a slaughter. Meade would spend the next 10 months sparring with Lee in Northern Virginia with neither army able to maneuver the other into offering a general battle. It wasn't until Grant arrived with Lincoln's blank check in his pocket that the AoP had a leader who was willing to order a Pickett's charge every day until Lee's army had been ground down and no longer able to resist. Cold Harbor was the one attack order Grant regretted and the outcome stands as proof of what would have likely happened had Meade attacked Lee in his fortified position on the river.
No disrespect to Lincoln, but it's unfortunate his poorly informed and ill-considered judgment regarding the practicality of destroying Lee's army retreating across the Potomac resulted in an unwarranted denigration of Meade's military judgment that persists to this day.
Well, on your show you got to the obvious. I don’t think anyone can say General Mead understood everything on the battlefield. But as far as chasing Lee to attack him to destroy his army. I agree with you that would’ve been disastrous. The battlefield the conditions were extremely hot and probably very muggy. Which drains both armies. In a battle like this, I would’ve prefer preferred General Grant style of fighting. So my final conclusion is General Mead made the right decisions without knowing you made the right decision.
Meade was the General the Union needed in this battle ,him and the Generals under him only had four days to mesh together as a fighting unit and pulled off a tremendous victory against Lee and his staff who had been fighting together for years. Lee and the Confederate Generals made major mistakes and Meade and his Generals were the better Generals in this battle. Lincoln was wrong he wanted the blood letting to end and he let that influence his conclusions of Mead's performance of his duties.