General Grant
Ulisses S. Grant.
General George Meade ; "Old Snapping Turtle" .
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George Gordon Meade - who won the Battle of Gettysburg just days later.
Ulysses S. Grant
US President Lincoln was impressed by General Halleck's performance in the West. He appointed him to be general in chief of all Union military forces on July 11, 1862. The previous general in chief had been General George B. McClellan.
Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General March 2, 1864 and was appointed General in Chief of the Federal Armies on the 10th of that month.
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To appoint George McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.