Congress authorized that rank on 25 July 1866.
Four were authorized, but they eventually opened a fifth slot for Omar Bradley.
In 1798.
general army is a higher position than general police as general police is two star rank whereas general army has five star rank.
The rank of the Chief of Staff of the Army is a 4-star general. General Raymond T. Odierno is the CSA (as of December 2014). General Odierno has two bosses; he reports to both the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army.
The highest rank is Field Marshal, currently held by Queen Elizabeth's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. It is a purely ceremonial role. Following that is the rank of General which is held by the Chief of the Defence Force (a role that rotates through the heads of the three services) and then Lieutenant General. Therefore if the current Chief of the Defence Force is from the Army then the highest Army rank is General, otherwise it is Lieutenant General.
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General of the Army (five stars). However, this is a special rank used only in wartime. Currently, General (four stars) is the highest achievable rank.
Currently, the higest attainable rank is General (four stars). General of the Army (five stars) is still an available rank, but reserved for special wartime situations.
In the US Army, General.
His rank was that of General, the highest rank attainable in the army of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He held the rank of Colonel in the United States Army before he resigned his commission.