Ulysses S. Grant
Politically, the C.S.A. was controlled by President Jefferson Davis who was also Commander in Chief.Robert E. Lee
Lincoln served as President during the Civil War. in 1864, he appointed Grant as the overall commander of Union forces. Grant accepted Lee's surrender in 1865.
Ulysses S.Grant
General U. S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant.
Politically, the C.S.A. was controlled by President Jefferson Davis who was also Commander in Chief.Robert E. Lee
McClelland then Grant. Robert E. Lee was Lincoln's fist choice to lead the union army at the beginning of the war but, Lee said "I cannot fight against my own birthplace." So they chose Winfield Scott as commander.
Abraham Lincoln, as President, was commander-in-chief of the Union forces.
General and commander of northern forces towards the end of the civil war
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee was the general commander of the Confederate Forces during the American Civil War.
President/Commander-In-Chief Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.