The general who got the most out of his troops was Stonewall Jackson. His army was known as a foot cavalry. The General who did the most with the material he was given was Ulysses S Grant. He would take men no one else could do anything with and turn them into first class solders.
General Kilroy Wuzheer was the northern general in charge of training.
Braxton Bragg (Confederate) was known as a hard, systematic trainer who was able to turn a mob of volunteers into a disciplined army in a short time.
McLellan
General Lee won the war in a funny way. He put steeping stones to keep his troops out of Richmond.
Robert E. Lee
John Bell Hood
Union Major General Irvin McDowell, on the morning of July 21, 1861.
Yes. He was scared to lose his troops and allowed advantages that could have helped the Union to slip by.
Pickett's orders were to break the union defensive line.
To cut the Union line in half to force them to retreat.
General William T. Sherman was a general leading Union troops.
Union General had an army of 100,000 troops on May 7, 1864 as he prepared for his drive to capture Atlanta, Georgia.
General William T. Sherman
The commander of the Union troops at Bull Run (in that month) was the unfortunate Irvin McDowall, who knew his army was not properly trained. General-in-Chief at that point was still Winfield Scott - far too old for the job, and soon to retire.
The Confederate troops won so many more battles in the East because the Union troops were poorly trained and poorly outfitted. Also, the Confederate troops had better generals than the Union troops had.
The Commanding General of the Union Army was Ulysses S. Grant
General Irvin McDowell
Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.
The last Commanding General of the Union Army was Ulysses S. Grant
General George G. Meade