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Based on the question of who was the commander of the US during the US Civil War, the Commander in Chief was US President Abraham Lincoln. In terms of overall command of the Union's military establishment, Lincoln whose Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, over saw the conduct of the war. On a day to day basis, however, the generals appointed by Lincoln and -or Stanton carried out the overall civilian plan to end the Southern rebellion for their independence.

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