The Morality Beneath the Hard Shell of "The Old Snapping Turtle"
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George Gordon Meade, the West Point educated commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, is largely remembered for the perception that he failed to vigorously pursue Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg, and also for flashes of hot temper. But beneath the hard exterior of the man nicknamed "The Old Snapping Turtle" is a humble and moral man. Here's two accounts that illustrate his essential goodness.
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