Description
Commanders of the Army of the Potomac—from left to right, Union generals Gouverneur K. Warren, William H. French, George G. Meade, Henry J. Hunt, Andrew A. Humphreys, and George Sykes—sit for portrait at an encampment in Culpeper in September 1863.That fall marked a season of maneuvering between the Army of the Potomac and Confederate general Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia in the disputed area between the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers.