Robert E. Lee
The commanders that served during the Civil War on both the Union and Confederate sides, were called Generals. On the Union side his name was Ulysses S. Grant and on the Confederate side it was Robert E. Lee.
The Union had undergone a number of successive commanders , in 1865 the Union commander was U.S.Grant and for the Confederacy it was Robert E. Lee .
At the first Battle of Bull Run the Confederate commanders were PT Beauregard and Joseph A. Johnston. At the second Battle of Bull Run the top Confederate commander was General Robert E. Lee.
Robert E. Lee was the most famous, but there were a good many others.
Union Would Be Robert Anderson Confederate Was P.G.T Beauregard
Confederate General Robert E, Lee and Union General George McClellan
Union: Big. Gen. Irvin McDowell Confederate: P.G.T. Beauragard
The Union commander was General McDowell. The Confederate commander was General Beuregard.
Colonel James A. Garfield's Union forces vs. Brigadier general Humphrey Marshall's Confederate Forces. Garfield defeated Marshall
Union- Ulysses S. Grant Confederate- Albert Sidney Johnston
More of their military commanders were graduates of West Point than were union commanders. Thus they had more high quality military training and experience.