general grant
Technically, yes. For example, in spring 1862, there was no General-in-Chief of the Union armies. Lincoln was effectively in that job himself. But he didn't want to be (unlike the opposing President), and he handed over the task to a qualified West-Pointer as soon as he could.
Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General March 2, 1864 and was appointed General in Chief of the Federal Armies on the 10th of that month.
General in Chief Scott resigned on November 1, 1861. Major General George B. McClellan was then promoted by President Lincoln to succeed Scott as general-in-chief.
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.
Yes - a difficult decision because Lincoln had offered him the job of General-in-Chief of the Union armies. But he decided that he was a Virginian first and an American second. So he jointed the Confederates.
The last Genenral-in-Chief of the Union armies was Ulysses S. Grant. After the war, he continued as General-in-Chief of the United States armies.
Technically, yes. For example, in spring 1862, there was no General-in-Chief of the Union armies. Lincoln was effectively in that job himself. But he didn't want to be (unlike the opposing President), and he handed over the task to a qualified West-Pointer as soon as he could.
Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General March 2, 1864 and was appointed General in Chief of the Federal Armies on the 10th of that month.
US President Lincoln was impressed by General Halleck's performance in the West. He appointed him to be general in chief of all Union military forces on July 11, 1862. The previous general in chief had been General George B. McClellan.
As President, he was Commander-in-Chief of all Union Armed Forces.
Notionally, yes. In the last phase of the war, Lee was General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies, while Lincoln, as US President, was automatically Commander-in-Chief of the Union armies. In practice, Lee was facing Ulysses Grant, whom Lincoln was most unlikely to over-rule.
Yes. He was appointed General-in-Chief of all the Union armies in March 1864.
General in Chief Scott resigned on November 1, 1861. Major General George B. McClellan was then promoted by President Lincoln to succeed Scott as general-in-chief.
General-in-Chief of the Union armies
The Union - ending up as General-in-Chief of all the Union armies.
Yes, he was General-in-Chief of all the Union armies.
No. As President, he was officially Commander-in-Chief of the Union armies, but this was an honorary, not a uniformed post. He could hire and fire Generals, but not issue orders.