Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade

<center>built this lighthouse in 1858.<br>During the Civil War he commanded<br>the Army of the Potomac, from<br>Gettysburg to Appomattox (1863 &#8211; 1865)<br>under Lt. Gen. U. S. Grant.<br><br><b>[ Upper Marker: ]</b><br>A<br>portrait in bronze<br>of<br>the creator of<br>Barnegat<br>Lighthouse<br>Lt. General<br>George<br>Gordon Meade<br>by Boris Blai</center>