Maj Richard Kidder Meade Jr
American
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1835/08/00 | Richard Kidder Meade Jr is born in Brunswick County, Virginia. | Born | |||||
| 1857/00/00 | Richard Kidder Meade graduates from the United States Military Academy at West Point. As an engineer officer in the United States Army, he is assigned to Charleston, South Carolina. | Education | US Military Academy, West Point | West Point, NY | |||
| 1860/12/27 | CO Meade declines Confederate Gen James J Pettigrew's offer of parole and moves his garrison to Fort Sumter. | US Army Commander | Castle Pinckney | Charleston, SC | Beginning of the American Civil War | ||
| 1861/01/09 | Richard Meade witnesses Confederate firing on the "Star of the West". | Witness, US Army Commander | Fort Sumter National Monument | Charleston, SC | |||
| 1861/03/16 | Meade resigns from the US Army and is commissioned a Major in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. He will serve on the staffs of Generals John B Magruder and James Longstreet respectively. | Confederate Major | Fort Sumter National Monument | Charleston, SC | |||
| 1861/04/12 | Richard Meade commands a Confederate artillery gun crew bombarding Fort Sumter. | Confederate Major | Fort Sumter National Monument | Charleston, SC | |||
| 1862/07/31 | Richard Kidder Meade, Engineer in the Confederate States Army, dies of a disease in Petersburg, Virginia. | Died | Blandford Cemetery | Petersburg |
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