Robert E. Lee. (Spoiler: He didn't take it.)
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Robert E. Lee
No he wasn't a general and din't have any experience.
Robert E. Lee. He would have accepted if Virginia had not voted to join the Confederacy.
Ulesses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee .
He offered the job to Robert E. Lee, who said he would wait to see if his home state of Virginia voted Confederate (which he hoped it wouldn't). Unfortunately it did, and he ended up as General-in-Chief of the Confederates, surrendering his army to U.S. Grant.
After the victory over Confederate forces at Chattanooga in November 1863, President Lincoln was convinced that the Union finally had a general who could crush the Confederates. In March of 1864 Lincoln brought Grant to Washington and gave him command of all Union armies.
Lincolon
Abraham Lincoln
He was offered command of the entire Union army, but rejected.
He gave command of the Army to Grant.