Merit Raise: Meade earned a reputation as a competent, if not brilliant, leader. Fellow officers widely supported his nod as Army of the Potomac commander following the Union defeat at Chancellorsville. ((National Archives))
(National Archives)
Merit Raise: Meade earned a reputation as a competent, if not brilliant, leader. Fellow officers widely supported his nod as Army of the Potomac commander following the Union defeat at Chancellorsville. ((National Archives))
(National Archives)