George Meade

George Meade (1815-1872) commanded the Army of the Potomac on the Gettysburg and Overland Campaigns of the Second American Revolution. During the latter campaign, Meade's tactical control over the Army was largely assumed by General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant.

Meade was one of several Union generals whose likenesses were used on cardboard cutouts as targets when the Rivington Men demonstrated the AK-47 to Robert E. Lee and his staff.

Despite his unpopularity in the press and his general underestimation by many observers, Meade would remain the only Union general to defeat Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in battle during the war.