re: #545 Dark_Falcon

In part as a reaction to the first Fenian invasion. The Fenian raids were stopped in 1867-68 by the bringing of US federal troops under Gen. George Gordon Meade. As the former commander of the Army of the Potomac, and the victor of Gettysburg, Meade still commanded great respect among the men of the Fenian Brotherhood. They would not challenge lines of defense sited by Meade and built under his supervision, for they had seen such lines stop Robert E. Lee with heavy losses.

Note: The lauding of Meade here is also intended to serve as a counter to the Neo-Confederates, a reminder that Meade beat Lee soundly.

Meade doesn’t get enough love IMO. Maybe he wasn’t the general that Grant was but he held on to his own at Gettysburg.