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Ulysses Simpson Grant was the Commander of the Northern armies on March 9, 1863. Before that

Lt. General Winfield Scott was Commander until Nov. 1,1861. Then Major General George Brinton McClellan from Nov. 1861 to March 1862. Major General Henry Wager Halleck from July 23, 1862 to March 9, 1863.

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The last Union general in chief was US Grant. He was nominated by US President Lincoln on February 29, 1864.


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