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I think you're mixing your generals. Lincoln didn't fire Meade. Meade continued in command of the Army of the Potomac until the end of the war. He was just overshadowed by having Grant with him. As for William Scott Hancock, I think you are thinking of Winfield Hancock and Winfield Scott. Winfield Scott was the elderly commander in chief of the U.S. Army at the outbreak of the war. Winfield Scott Hacock was in his thirties and commanded the Second Corps from prior to Gettysburg until Appomattox.