text: what union general commanded the reserve corp,which could have destroyed lees army after gettysburg? should have cost meade his job i think u mean the 6th corps which wasn't heavily involved in the fighting...was it sedgewick..i'd have to look that up to be sure though...but no argument that meade should have lost his job after the bungling of the pursuit of lee... but what about mcclellan at sharpsburg?  who else would not have committed the 5th corps to destroy lee's army there...it was in the perfect position to launch an attack straight up the middle supported by the cav corps too, which for some unexpalined reason mac kept in the center of his line and not out on the flanks.