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Grant was General-in-Chief of the Union armies, and Lee was General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House, which is taken as the effective end of hostilities.
Grant never surrendered. He took the surrender of Robert E. Lee, General-in-Chief of all the Confederate armies.
Destroy the Confederate army in the Shenandoah Valley and lay waste to this fertile farmland, to starve the Confederate armies and undermine Southern morale.
general grant
grant-union general in the west whose fame rose after winning the battle of Shiloh and then became commander in chief of union armies after winning at Vicksburg in 1863. lee-general of the army of northern Virginia. sucessfully defended the south from northern invasions, but lost both of his northern invasion battles, with Gettysburg being his pivotal lost. late in the war, he became commander of all confederate armies. surrendered to grant in 1865 at appamatox
Grant was General-in-Chief of the Union armies, and Lee was General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House, which is taken as the effective end of hostilities.
Grant never surrendered. He took the surrender of Robert E. Lee, General-in-Chief of all the Confederate armies.
Destroy the Confederate army in the Shenandoah Valley and lay waste to this fertile farmland, to starve the Confederate armies and undermine Southern morale.
Destroy the Confederate army in the Shenandoah Valley and lay waste to this fertile farmland, to starve the Confederate armies and undermine Southern morale.
The General-in-Chief of the Union Armies was Ulysses S. Grant, and General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies was Robert E. Lee. Technically, the commander of the victorious Army of the Potomac was General George Meade, but Grant was travelling in a mobile HQ right beside him, and took Lee's surrender.
There were hundreds of them - remembering that Brigadiers were of General rank. General-in-Chief of the Union armies in the final year of the war was Ulysses Grant. General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies in the final weeks of the war (a newly-created post) was Robert E. Lee.
general grant
The General-in-Chief of the Union Armies was Ulysses S. Grant, and General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies was Robert E. Lee. Technically, the commander of the victorious Army of the Potomac was General George Meade, but Grant was travelling in a mobile HQ right beside him, and took Lee's surrender.
Confederate troops in Mississippi attempted to reinforce the Southern armies of Bragg and Smith in Tennessee. They were unable to do so because of Major General Henry Halleck. He had left troops under the command of General US Grant . Grant attempted to defeat the reinforcement army by attacking the enemy in the rear. Although this proved to be ineffective, the threat posed by Grant sent the rescue troops of the Confederacy back into Mississippi.
grant-union general in the west whose fame rose after winning the battle of Shiloh and then became commander in chief of union armies after winning at Vicksburg in 1863. lee-general of the army of northern Virginia. sucessfully defended the south from northern invasions, but lost both of his northern invasion battles, with Gettysburg being his pivotal lost. late in the war, he became commander of all confederate armies. surrendered to grant in 1865 at appamatox
Ulysses S. Grant.
Both armies had several different commanders in different sectors of the war. By 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was the general-in-chief of the Union (Northern/Federal) forces, while Robert E. Lee was the general commanding the Confederate (Southern/"Rebel") forces.