Don Carlos Buell
Don Carlos Buell
The Union forces in Kentucky were commanded by Major General Don Carlos Buell during the Civil War. Buell was a friend and fellow West Point graduate of George B. McClellan. He played a significant role in the Western Theater, particularly in the campaigns around Kentucky and Tennessee. Buell's leadership was marked by his strategic efforts to secure control of the region for the Union.
U.S. Grant
E. R. S. Canby
Hooker commanded the Union forces. Lee commanded the Confederates.
George Meade commanded the Union forces at Gettysburg.
* Union forces were commanded by the "Rock of Chickamauga" General George Henry Thomas. * Confederate forces were commanded by General John Bell Hood.
Grant commanded the Federal forces at Shiloh.
Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate forces and Ambrose Burnside the Union forces.
William "Bull" Nelson commanded the Union Forces against E. Kirby Smith in the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, which was probably the most lop-sided Southern victory of the US Civil War.
The Union forces at Martinsburg were commanded by Brigadier General Julius White. Union troops there outnumbered the Union forces at Harper's Ferry. As Halleck and McClellan argued over Harper's Ferry, General White had received no orders from Washington DC. In that situation, General White decided to remain where he was in Martinsburg.
Kentucky never left the Union so there was no need for readmission. Kentucky declared for the Union after Confederate forces occupied Columbus in late 1861. Tennessee left the Union and was readmitted into the Union early on during Reconstruction.