George McClellan, he was later fired for slow reaction time, hired back by Lincoln, then fired again for not doing anything when he had a chance to crush the Confederacy. And after he was fired I believe it was George Meade.
The Peninsula Campaign was massive offensive launched by the Union's Army of the Potomac. The campaign was conceived and led by Major General George B. McClellan. The campaign began in March of 1862 and ended with defeat in July 1862.
The Union's Army of the Potomac was its premier force in the Eastern Theater of the US Civil War. From 1861 to 1865, several generals had been selected by President Lincoln to lead this army. The generals were:* George B. McClellan;
* Ambrose Burnside;
* John Pope;
* Joseph Hooker; and
* George Meade.
The Union General of the Army of the Potomac was General Robert E. Lee. The name was changed to Army of Northern Virginia.
On November 7, 1862, General Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac. He had replaced General George B. McClellan.
Potomac
Army of the Potomac
General Tecumseh Sherman, was the Union General who ransacked the South, all the way to the sea. He took over the Union Campaign in the west after General Ulysses S. Grant took over command of the Union Army, or the Army of the Potomac.
When General US Grant was set to begin the Overland campaign in 1864, he needed a reliable general to head the cavalry division of the Army of the Potomac. Grant chose General Philip Sheridan for this position.
Meade commanded the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg.
No - he was Commanding General of the Union Army of the Potomac
ANSWER The Union Army of Potomac under General George McClellan.
Joseph Hooker of the Union - commanding the Army of the Potomac.
I believe General Meade was in command of the Union's Army of the Potomac.
The Army of the Potomac.
On November 7, 1862, General Burnside took command of the Army of the Potomac. He had replaced General George B. McClellan.
Major General George G. Mead was in command of the Union Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg.
The command of the Federal Army of the Potomac went to Major General Joseph Hooker after Fredericksburg.
Potomac
Army of the Potomac
Army of the Potomac