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Who commanded the Northern Army gurning the Civil war?

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The Commander in Chief was President Abraham Lincoln.

The Generals in Chief were:

Lieutenant - General (honorary) Winfield Scott, substituted by

Major General George Brinton McClellan, substituted by

Henry Wagner Halleck, substituted by

Lieutenant General Ulysses Simpson Grant starting from March 9, 1864

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