During the American Civil War, President Lincoln found his generals primarily by observing their performance in the various battles that took place during the conflict. He actively promoted those who performed while demoting those who did not.
No, but he did fire Union General Mccellan for not attacking the confederate force after the battle of Antietam in 1863. Many believe the war could have ended there, but Mccelan had a reputation of being overly cautious. He had previously been demoted by Lincoln and then promoted again (because there was no one better for the job) but had a history of disagreeing with Lincoln on strategies, and his actions at Antietam shocked even the confederate generals.
Lincoln had a hard time finding generals for the Union Army because many of the generals and other senior officers in the U.S. Army before the war were Southerners, and as such they joined the Confederacy.
US President Abraham Lincoln actually did not have a hard time finding general at all. The problem Lincoln had was finding the best generals available to lead the major armies the Union would muster. Even his choices that had early promise, like General George B. McClellan, disappointed him for a number of reasons. The Union's generals actually had a problem that Lincoln seemed to ignore. That problem was having the US president directing war efforts. On more than one occasion he caused a disruption by not following the logical route of the chain of command. He was guilty of going over the heads of senior generals and giving orders to subordinate generals. There was also another problem that was not Lincoln's fault. That involved a problem on both sides of the war. That was the failure to follow up a military victory by pursuing a retreating army to destroy it on the run. On each of these situations the circumstances were different. But, the end result in more cases then a few, was a victory in a battle that was not followed up with pursuit and more attacks on a retreating army.
many armys best office joined confederancy!
To significantly oversimplify it, they really weren't following orders.
Well, there were many diffrent Generals during the Civil War. But, if you mean the Leaders Lincoln for Union and Lee for Confederacy. If im not right feel free to correct me!
One key advantage the North lacked was the number of generals who could serve a "general in chief " of the entire Union military. Lincoln had to appoint, then relieve far too many generals whom he appointed to take on that responsibility with success. Finally, Lincoln appointed General Grant to handle that assignment and Grant succeeded where the former generals failed.
In 1864, US President Lincoln believed he had finally found a general that would be an effective commander of the Union army. US Grant had shown himself to be a true fighting general. He became the Union's general in chief and proved to be the right choice. Lincoln had a bad record on appointing generals. This time he had it right.
The responsibility to do the invading. Shortage of good generals in the first half. An uninspiring war-aim in the first half. A quarrelsome cabinet, held together with difficulty by Lincoln.
The Confedarate generals.
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Lincoln, Adams, and Grant
There were several generals from the Union side that were replaced because they weren't accomplishing what Lincoln wanted.
Lincoln keeping the border states in the Union Lincoln preserving the Union Lincoln finding a great military leader
Well, there were many diffrent Generals during the Civil War. But, if you mean the Leaders Lincoln for Union and Lee for Confederacy. If im not right feel free to correct me!
At the beginning of the US Civil War, President Lincoln appointed generals for political reasons, not based on military experience.
As the US Civil War unfolded, the US army was small and did not have many generals. In order to command all the Union recruits, new generals had to be appointed. In 1861, Lincoln appointed one hundred and twenty six generals.
Lincoln didn't fight... he was the president. However he appointed generals and drafted men to fight for the Union army
There is no information on how many commanding generals President Lincoln had gone through by June 1863. General George Meade commanded the Union army and General Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate army.
Mainly Abe Lincoln and Ulysses S Grant but you can find the other generals at the link below.
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.
Hooker, Meade, and Grant.