The longest tenure was George Meade - June 1863 till the surrender in April 1865.
No, he didn't. He was a Confederate general.
I believe General Meade was in command of the Union's Army of the Potomac.
No, it was Army of Northern Virginia that he commanded for most of the war. The Army of the Potomac was the biggest Union army, and those two armies opposed each other in the Overland Campaign, ending with Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox, effectively ending the war.
The Army of the Potomac.
Two corps of the Union Army were called Cavalry Corps during the American Civil War. Gen. Joseph Hooker took command of the Army of the Potomac.
No, that was a Union Army. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from from June 1, 1862, til the surrender on April 9, 1865.
On November 7, 1862, General Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac. He had replaced General George B. McClellan.
Joseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker
General George B. McClellan, a major general during the American Civil War, organized the Army of the Potomac and led the Union Army as general-in-chief from November 1861 to March 1862.
George B. McClellan
George McLellan.