1. Zitate
  2. Autoren
  3. George Gordon Meade

George Gordon Meade Zitate

George Gordon Meade war General des US-Heeres.

✵ 31. Dezember 1815 – 6. November 1872
George Gordon Meade Foto
George Gordon Meade: 2 Zitate0 Gefällt mir

George Gordon Meade: Zitate auf Englisch

“War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state.”

Help us translate this quote

George Meade

Letter to his wife Margaretta (11 June 1863); published in The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade (1913)

“The country looks to this army to relieve it from the devestation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrafices we may be called upon to undergo, let us have in view constantly the magnitude of the interests involved, and let each man determine to do his duty, leaving to an all-controlling Providence the decision of the contest.”

Help us translate this quote

George Meade

Address on Taking Command of the Army of the Potomac (June 28, 1863); published in The Civil War: Great Speeches and Documents (2006)

Ähnliche Autoren

Napoleon Bonaparte Foto
Napoleon Bonaparte9
französischer General, Staatsmann und Kaiser None
Carl von Clausewitz Foto
Carl von Clausewitz27
preußischer General und Militärtheoretiker None
Carl Schurz Foto
Carl Schurz4
deutsch-amerikanischer Revolutionär, General und Staatsmann None
Robert Edward Lee Foto
Robert Edward Lee4
Oberst des US-Heeres und Oberbefehlshaber des konföderierte… None