George Meade (1815-1872) was a U.S. Army general and civil engineer who served as commander of the Union Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861-65). Meade entered the Civil War as a brigadier general and first served during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862. He was badly wounded at the Battle of Glendale during the Seven Days Battles, but recovered and went on to perform admirably at the Battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg.
The idea of the human soul has fascinated humankind for thousands of years. Cultures around the world have sought to explain the soul or spirit in a wide and fascinating variety of ways.
A war chariot dating from the Western Zhou Dynasty period (1046 to 771 BC) was restored by specialists from the Institute of Archeology of Shaanxi Province, central China, Xinhua reports. the car measures 3.13 meters long by 2.7 wide.
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King George& 39;s War (1744-18 October 1748) (America) The American part of the War of the Austrian Succession, the third of four French and Indian Wars. King George& 39;s War also saw the continuation of the War of Jenkin& 39;s Ear (from 1739) between Britain and Spain. Hostilies between Britain and France in the Americas were triggered by the French capture of a British fort off Nova Scotia.
These are fragments of a helmet that presumably belonged to an ancient Urartian soldier. It was made aroun the 7th century BCE. (Erebuni Historical and Archaeological Preserve, Yerevan, Armenia.)
VITAL STATISTICSBORN: 1818 in Beaufort District, SC.DIED: 1896 in Clifton Springs, NY.CAMPAIGNS: First Bull Run, Peninsula, Seven Days, Gaines& 39; Mill, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Federicksburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Chattanooga,Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor.HIGHEST RANK ACHIEVED: Brigadier General(Also served as Second Quartermaster General of the Confederacy)BIOGRAPHYAlexander Robert Lawton was born on November 4, 1818, in Beaufort District, South Carolina.
