Fennel is both a vegetable and an herb, depending on which variety you grow. Growing crunchy bulb fennel (also called finocchio) is easy in spring and fall, or you can keep a feathery mound of perennial fennel as a steady source of fennel fronds.
The Union general who commanded the Battle of Gettysburg? Major General George Meade, appointed a few days before the battle,as commander of the Army of the Potomac, a good leader, althoughnot socially popular (nickname Old Snapping â¦
On the Union side, President Abraham Lincoln had lost confidence in the Army of the Potomacâs commander, Joseph Hooker, who seemed reluctant to confront Leeâs army after the defeat at Chancellorsville. On June 28, Lincoln named Major General George Gordon Meade to succeed Hooker.