lso learned from his intelligent sources that Hooker's request to be relieved of his command had been accepted after a disagreement with Washington. He had been replaced by Major General George G. Meade, a man who Lee knew and respected.
             The victor of Gettysburg, George G. Meade does not rank with the great generals of the Civil War in part because of his eclipse in the last year of the conflict by the presence of General Ulysses S. Grant. Born of American parents in Cadiz, Spain, December 31, 1815-where his father had run into financial and legal difficulties as a result of the Napoleonic Wars-he was appointed to West Point from Pennsylvania. Graduating in 1835, he served a year in the artillery before resigning to become a civil engineer. After some difficulty in finding employment he reentered the army in 1842 and earned a brevet in Mexico.
             Meade's success in Gettysburg was tempered however with criticism over his decision not to pursue the retreati
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