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George Meade, an Uncommon card
George Gordon Meade was an American military officer who served in the United States Army and the Union army as a major general in command of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War from 1863 to 1865.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
George Meade quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the George Meade card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He fought in the Second Seminole War and the ______–American War.
Answer
Mexican. He fought in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. From the George Meade article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was born in Cádiz, Spain, to a wealthy Philadelphia merchant family and graduated from the United States Military Academy in ____.
Answer
1830s. He was born in Cádiz, Spain, to a wealthy Philadelphia merchant family and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835. From the George Meade article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He fought in many of the key battles of the eastern theater and defeated the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.
- He was born in Cádiz, Spain, to a wealthy Philadelphia merchant family and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835.
- He fought in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Meade article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get George Meade
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Meade (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
