Meade

George Gordon Meade has not been treated kindly by history. Victorious at Gettysburg, Meade was the longest-serving commander of the Army of the Potomac. Serving alongside his new superior, Ulysses S. Grant, his role has been overshadowed by the popular Grant. This study of Meade's two-year tenure as commander of the Army of the Potomac brings him out of Grant's shadow.