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No six star rank ever existed in the US military.
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At the beginning of the US Civil War, President Lincoln appointed generals for political reasons, not based on military experience.
The US military has over 500 Generals - you'll have to be more specific.
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The US Army had over 1,100 Generals during WW2.
Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor were the most notable US generals in this war.
This committee was formed by the US Congress as an oversight committee to see how well the Lincoln administration and its generals were handling the US Civil War effort. It was formed by radical Republicans who did not trust the West Point graduate generals or the Lincoln administration. This therefore was demoralizing to the US military and to Lincoln and his administration.
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4 star generals are in the US
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.
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.