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American artist, born in Newark, NJ, lived in Auburn, NY, trained at National Academy of Design. At the start of the American Civil War, he worked for the Union Aid Society and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Worked as a paymaster on a Union gunboat. His paintings of the American South are particularly valued. Fanny Seward references his attendance at a reception in Washington, D.C. in her 1862-1863 diary.

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Biography: 
American artist, born in Newark, NJ, lived in Auburn, NY, trained at National Academy of Design. At the start of the American Civil War, he worked for the Union Aid Society and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Worked as a paymaster on a Union gunboat. His paintings of the American South are particularly valued. Fanny Seward references his attendance at a reception in Washington, D.C. in her 1862-1863 diary.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Vol. 21
Publisher Location: 
Chapel Hill, NC
Publisher Name: 
University of North Carolina
Year: 
2013
Start Page: 
373
End Page: 
374
Citation Notes: 
Google Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=uj4vqIjD-_AC&lpg=PA373&dq=meeker%20auburn%20civil%20war%20paymaster&pg=PA371#v=onepage&q=meeker%20auburn%20civil%20war%20paymaster&f=true
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography, Vol. 4
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
ames Grant Wilson and John Fiske
Publisher Location: 
New York, NY
Publisher Name: 
D. Appleton & Company
Year: 
1900
Start Page: 
286
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Vol. 21
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher Location: 
Chapel Hill, NC
Publisher Name: 
University of North Carolina Press
Year: 
2013
Start Page: 
373
End Page: 
374
Citation Notes: 
Google Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=uj4vqIjD-_AC&lpg=PA373&dq=meeker%20auburn%20civil%20war%20paymaster&pg=PA371#v=onepage&q=meeker%20auburn%20civil%20war%20paymaster&f=true