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He was General commanding the Army of the Potomac, the biggest Union force, and the one that was charged with destroying Lee's army - which it did.

At Appomattox, many people felt that Lee should have surrendered to Meade for that reason. But Lee was also General-in-Chief of the Confederacy, and it was thought proper that he should surrender to his opposite number as General-in-Chief, U.S. Grant.

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