Who did Grant Replace as general of us?

General Meade

(New respondent...)

That was the common perception, as Grant travelled alongside Meade's army in a mobile HQ.

But the facts are that Grant suceeded Henry Halleck as General-in-Chief, and Meade continued as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

Some say that it was Meade, not Grant, who should have taken Lee's surrender at Appomattox, since it was his army that had defeated Lee's.

But Lee was also General-in-Chief, and Grant decided that one General-in-Chief should surrender to his opposite number.