Robert E. Lee, J. E. B. Stuart, Joseph Johnson, Stonewall Jackson, P. G. T. Beauregard, Nathan Bedford Forrest, James Longstreet, George Pickett, John S. Mosby, Patrick Clebourne, John Bell Hood, Albert Johston, John C. Breckenridge, Ambrose Hill, John Morgan, Braxton Bragg, William Barksdale, Jubal Early, Richard Ewell, Lewis Armistead, Admiral Semmes are the most well known. There are a half dozen, or more, others not as well known.
the south was robert genral lee and the north was elmo
The most important Civil War generals were General Ulysses S. Grant for the North and General Robert E. Lee for the South.
There were many different Generals in the Civil War, but Lincoln hired all of the generals for the North who was the Union and the South who was the Confederates was mostly general Robert E. Lee. Douglas was the president of the South since the south wanted to break away from the union.
The easiest anwser is that the North had technology, shear number of troops, and industry on their side. The South had much better generals, a more willingness to fight, and that the war was fought in their back yard
The Civil War (1861-1865) The Civil War was fought between the Union (north) and the Confederacy (south). The war was fought mainly about the issue of slavery. The Union eventually won and that is what makes us the United States of America today.
Most US generals came from the ranks of the graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point, New York. The North had a larger pool of military trained men then did the South. The pool of officers was larger for the North, no doubt. However, on both sides the general pool was diluted due to the necessity of making political generals. On a ratio basis, it can be debated that the South had a higher quality of possible generals.
This is a matter of opinion, but the South probably had the better generals at the start of the Civil War.
Grant for the North, Lee for the South
The most important Civil War generals were General Ulysses S. Grant for the North and General Robert E. Lee for the South.
The major and most prominent generals in the US Civil War can be narrowed down to two generals. For the South the prominent general was Robert E. Lee. For the North it would be US Grant.
Lee for the South and Grant for the North were the most famous.
He was William Tecumseh Sherman.Answer:There were numerous generals in both the Northern and Southern armies during the American Civil War (See Link). As the North eventually carried the war to the South there could even be said to be Northern generals in the South at some periods.
The South - Robert E. Lee / North - Ulysses S. Grant .
There were many different Generals in the Civil War, but Lincoln hired all of the generals for the North who was the Union and the South who was the Confederates was mostly general Robert E. Lee. Douglas was the president of the South since the south wanted to break away from the union.
Grant and Sherman
Because the south had a lot of generals that had gone to school in other countries and the north did not have that
General Robert E. Lee for the South and General Ulysses S Grant for the North.
The South had superior generals. It also had a powerful patriotism and a belief in the justice of its cause.