Meade retained command of the Army of the Potomac for the remainder of the war, though for most of the time he was under the direct supervision and command of General Grant. After the war he was given command of some of the military districts into which the south was divided. He died on November 7, 1872 of a combination of war wounds and pneumonia. | Meade retained command of the Army of the Potomac for the remainder of the war, though for most of the time he was under the direct supervision and command of General Grant. After the war he was given command of some of the military districts into which the south was divided. He died on November 7, 1872 of a combination of war wounds and pneumonia. |