Major General George G. Meade led the Army of the Potomac into the Battle of Gettysburg. The army was large and other commanding generals reporting to General Meade included the following generals who commanded Corps:
1. Reynolds 2. Hancock 3. Sickles 4. Sedgwick 5. Sykes 6. Sedgwick 7. Slocum and 8. Cavalry Corps Slocum.
In total Meade commanded troops numbering 86,000 men.
The general fo the Union in the Battle of Gettysburg was George Meade
Major General George G. Meade was the general of the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg. Meade led the Army of the Potomac, having been appointed to replace General Hooker.
Major General George Meade, appointed a few days before the battle, as commander of the Army of the Potomac, a good leader, although not socially popular (nickname Old Snapping Turtle).
General Ulessys S. Grant.
Grant did not fight at Gettysburg. He was capturing Vicksburg at the time. Meade commanded the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg.
George Meade
George Meade
the Union commander was George G. Meade.
George Meade
Major General Alfred Pleasonton commanded the Union's cavalry corps at the Battle of Gettysburg. His cavalry commanders helped to win the Battle of Gettysburg for the Union.
Union General Meade defeated Southern General Lee.
The general nickname for Union soldiers was Billy Yank.
Confederate general Robert E. Lee led his army of Northern Virginia against Major union general Meade's Army of the Potomac in the Battle of Gettysburg.
He fought on the union side.
Major General Alfred Pleasonton commanded the Union's cavalry corps at the Battle of Gettysburg. His cavalry commanders helped to win the Battle of Gettysburg for the Union.
Union General Meade defeated Southern General Lee.
Major General George G. Mead was in command of the Union Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg.
He was a Union cavalry general.
General George Meade
The commander of the Union army at Gettysburg was Major General George G. Meade.
The general nickname for Union soldiers was Billy Yank.
General Alfred Pleasonton led the Union's Cavalry Corps under General Meade at the US Civil War Battle of Gettysburg. His commanders helped to protect the Union's flank on the last day of the battle.
Union General Meade defeated Confederate General Lee.
Confederate general Robert E. Lee led his army of Northern Virginia against Major union general Meade's Army of the Potomac in the Battle of Gettysburg.
He fought on the union side.
When Union General John Fulton Reynolds was killed on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, he was replaced by General Abner Doubleday. Doubleday had been the commander of the 3rd division.