Today, our Nation marks the 162nd anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, the brief yet immortal speech through which President Abraham Lincoln transformed ...

George Meade George Gordon Meade (Dec. 31, 1815-Nov. 6, 1872) was a U.S. Army officer and civil engineer best known for decisively defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of ...

How a brilliant Union plan at the Siege of Petersburg turned into a disaster — and why black troops bore the worst of it. By Richard Slotkin In a Virginia field, some 7,000 Union soldiers were killed ...

Surgical nurse Jamel Mann helps Jada Whipple during a Mini Nursing Academy held at Gen. George G. Meade School by the National Black Nurses Association. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Angel McCullough spends most of ...

The author of a number books on the Civil War, Kent Masterson Brown here undertakes the first comprehensive analysis of George Meade’s generalship as commander of the Army of the Potomac during the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A new program called the Mini Nurse Academy launched this year at General George Meade School in North Philadelphia. It's the first school on the east coast to have this ...

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A new program called the Mini Nurse Academy launched this year at General George Meade School in North Philadelphia. It’s the first school on the east coast to have this national ...