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President Lincoln did second guess himself for a while. This is because General McClellan had years of extensive industry and military experience. Lincoln, however, would soon find a replacement for the ousted General.
General Thomas Gage was the British general in charge of British forces in Boston.
General Thomas Gage was the British general in charge of British forces in Boston.
By all accounts, US President Lincoln believed that general Ulysses S. Grant was the Union's most valuable general. Lincoln appointed him as commander of all Union military forces and had Grant report directly to the president.
Once Corinth Mississippi was controlled by Major General Halleck in 1862, he advised President Lincoln that all Union forces not required to control the Memphis and Charleston railway, would be used to support General Curtis in Arkansas and to send forces to East Tennessee. President Lincoln was in favor of Halleck's plans. Especially sending Union forces to East Tennessee. That part of the state had many Unionists living there and Lincoln wanted to support them.
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The Commanding General of the Union Army during the US Civil War was General U.S. Grant. He was not the first commander of these forces, but he was appointed by Presedent Lincoln to command the U.S. forces prior to the end of the war. General Grant later became the 18th U.S. President.
US president Lincoln issued the General War Order No.1 on January 27, 1862. The effective date was to be one month later. The order called for the general offensives of all the Union's land and naval forces to begin operations against the Confederacy. As an aside, Lincoln did this without speaking with General George B. McClellan.
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.
Abraham Lincoln, as President, was commander-in-chief of the Union forces.
Lincoln was never a general, although as POTUS during the Civil War, he was Commander-In-Chief of all US forces.
US President Abraham Lincoln summoned General George McClellan to the capital. McClellan took charge of Federal troops in Washington DC on July 26, 1861. At that time he became Lincoln's most influential military adviser. In consultation with Lincoln and General Scott, McClellan developed a general plan of operations that he envisioned to be the actions of of the Union's strategic course of action. As with any military plans, the movements of Southern forces, would alter the Union's general plans. With that said, McClellan's overall initial strategies would become the basis of Federal operations against the Confederacy.