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The President of the United States is the de factocommander-in-chief of the armed forces. Although he was not a miltary man, Lincoln educated himself by reading military manuals and history in books from the Library of Congress. He appears to have developed a keen strategic understanding of what was neeeded to defeat the South, and eventually found a field commander in Grant who would use the vast resources of the Union to its advantage.
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What did Abraham Lincoln do in the civil war and when?
He was Commander in chief!
Did us grant know Abraham Lincoln?
Yes. Lincoln was his commander-in-chief.
What was Abraham Lincoln's military rank?
He was a captain in the Illinois militia. And while President, he was Commander in Chief.
What was Abraham Lincoln's rank at the end of the civil war?
Commander in Chief.
What war was Abraham Lincoln in?
The president of the Union. The commander-in-chief of the Union Army.
What was Lincoln's place in the US Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln, as President, was commander-in-chief of the Union forces.
What position was Abraham Lincoln in the civil War?
Abraham Lincoln was President of the USA at the time of the civil war and as such he would have been Commander in Chief.
Who led the north's army?
President Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief would have been the leader.
What rank was Abraham Lincoln during the civil war?
Abraham Lincoln was president during the entire war. As president, he was Commander-in-Chief of the union army and navy.
Who was the ''commander in chife that issued this proclamation?
President/Commander-In-Chief Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
Who sent union troops to the south?
Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief, sent union troops to the South.
Who were the Commanders of the Union Army?
one of them was Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant hope this helped lol.
