New Book by Richard Sauers

MEADE: Victor of Gettysburg
by RICHARD A. SAUERS

Description by David Arthur, 4-15-03

 One of the Civil War’s most famous, yet misunderstood, generals

  Adds the only recent treatment to the sparse biographical literature on Meade

Exposes Meade’s struggles with the inner workings of the Army of the Potomac

Highlights his leadership at Gettysburg and contributions to the Overland Campaign

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Most students of the American Civil War know the name George Gordon Meade, but few can tell you about the man. With this new addition to Brassey’s Military Profiles series, historian Richard Sauers examines the life of one of the Union Army’s most notable generals. Rising from the Union officer corps to lead the previously ill-fated Army of the Potomac, Meade took command only hours before his forces stumbled upon Robert E. Lee’s Confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863. He led his men to victory in one of the most famous battles in history, but Meade was soon embroiled in political battles with fellow generals and Washington politicians. Despite detractors’ efforts to question Meade’s judgment and smear his reputation—efforts often exacerbated by the general’s own volatile temper and undiplomatic behavior—he continued to put duty to his country and his men first. When Ulysses S. Grant was named lieutenant general in charge of all Union forces, Grant made his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac and soon overshadowed Meade. Sauers chronicles the tense relationship that developed between the two men and the effect it had on the crucial last days of the war.

Sauers’s concise but authoritative biography sheds new light on one of the Civil War’s most significant leaders. His book, the only new biography of Meade to appear in over thirty years, should spark renewed study of this brave but overlooked general.

 RICHARD A. SAUERS, Ph.D., has written numerous books on the Civil War, including Gettysburg: The Meade-Sickles Controversy (Brassey’s, Inc., 2003), Advance the Colors! Pennsylvania Civil War Battleflags, The Civil War Journal of Colonel William J. Bolton, and How to Do Civil War Research. He lives in Milton, Pennsylvania.

HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY

$19.95  CLOTH  1-57488-418-2

$12.95  PAPER  1-57488-749-1

5 X 8, 128 PAGES

10 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; CHRONOLOGY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Brassey’s, Inc.

 A leading historian on Pennsylvania in the Civil War, Dr. Richard Sauers has written a new biography on Major General George G. Meade.  General Meade, best known as the victor of Gettysburg, commanded the Army of the Potomac from Gettysburg to the end at Appomattox.

 Unable to attend the book signing?  Mail orders are $19.95 hardcover, $12.95 softcover, with $2.00 shipping and handling per Meade book.  Pennsylvania residents include 6% state sales tax. 

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