The General-in-Chief of the Northern armies for the last year of the war was U.S. Grant, who was also President from 1869-1877.
The Army of Northern Virginia
Army of Northern Virginia.
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg.
The specific name of the army Confederate General Robert E Lee commanded was the Army of Northern Virgina. Even to the last weeks of the war Confederate President Jefferson Davis clearly demonstrated his power by appointing General Johnston to command the Army of Tennessee.
Northern army.
The confederacy never surrendered, General Lee the general of the army of Northern Virgina surrendered his portion of the army at Appomattox.
Grant commanded the Northern army during the US Civil War. Giap commanded the Northern army during the Vietnam War.
The president of the united states was Abraham Lincoln, and the most famous northern general was Ulysses S. Grant (who later became president), though there were others. The Confederate president was Jefferson Davis, and the most famous Confederate general was Robert E. Lee (who had left the US army to work for the Confederates), again, there were other generals for the south.
General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.