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US Army General's Harrison and Jackson
There were hundreds of them - remembering that Brigadiers were of General rank. General-in-Chief of the Union armies in the final year of the war was Ulysses Grant. General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies in the final weeks of the war (a newly-created post) was Robert E. Lee.
Civilian control of the military is a concept taken from the US while the US controlled the Philippines.
Norman Schwarzkopf
No. McClellan was Commander of the Department of the Ohio, Commander of the Department of the East before being promoted to General in Chief and Commander of the Army of the Potomac. He was replaced as Commander of the Department of the Ohio by Ormsby M. Mitchel. He was replaced as Commander of the East and General in Cheif by Henry Halleck and replaced as Commander of the Army of the Potomac by Ambrose E. Burnside.
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Gen. George Patton
Both US President Roosevelt and Allied Theater commander, General Eisenhower believed the General Hodges needed to be replaced as the commander of the US Third Army in 1944. They agreed that General George S. Patton should take command of the Third Army.
Lieutenant General Walter Krueger was born in Germany and was appointed as the first commander of the US Third Army. His parents brought him to the US in the late 19th century. He joined the US Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1901. Kruger first saw combat action in WW 1.
The current commander of the Third United States Army is Lieutenant General James L. Terry. He's been on the military service since 1978.
The commander in chief of the US military is the president of the United States.
The US President
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In September of 1941, General Krueger, commander of the US Third Army had a new chief of staff. He was the newly promoted Brigadier General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower's rise within the army ranks was seen as almost a miracle. Later, of course he became the 34th US president in 1953.
General Krueger and his Third Army gained national fame in the US army's war games held in Louisiana in September of 1941. One major key to the Third Army's success was the outstanding performance of the commander of the 2nd Armored Division, this was Major General George S. Patton Jr.
The President is the Commander in Chief.
Yes he was Commanding General of the US Army from 1841 through 1861.