The Army of the Potomac was commanded, in turn, by Irvin McDowell, George McClellan, Ambrose Burnside, Joseph Hooker and George Meade.
As this was the army that ended the war by defeating the Army of Northern Virginia, some say that Lee should have surrendered to Meade, not Grant.
General Lee did not "surrender the Civil War". He surrendered his army, the Army of Northern Virginia, when it was clear that he could no longer effectively fight against the Army of the Potomac commanded by Ulysses Grant.
The Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George Meade, but closely supervised by the Union General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant.
General Ulysses S. Grant never commanded the Army of the Potomac, despite being a prominent Union general during the Civil War. Instead, he served as the overall commander of Union forces later in the war, while the Army of the Potomac was led by generals such as George McClellan, Ambrose Burnside, and George Meade. Grant's strategic leadership and coordination of various armies were crucial to the Union's eventual victory.
Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, winning a number of victories over the larger and better equipped 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.
Someone who commanded the major armies during the Civil War
He commanded the Army of the Potomac from when McClellan was removed after Antietam (Sept 1862) to when he himself failed to take the Fredericksburg heights, and led his men on the 'Mud March' in December.
He eventually became commander of all Union armies during the late stages of the US Civil War, although he concentrated his energies with the Army of the Potomac, commanded by General Meade.
Joseph Hooker
There was no true front line in the civil war, but the Potomac river was one of the "front lines"
Joseph Hooker
The Army of the Potomac.