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There were many generals in the US Civil War:

The South had General Robert E. Lee - General-In-Chief January 31, 1865 - April 9, 1865

The North had:

Scott, Winfield - General-In-Chief 1841 - 1861

McClellan, George Brinton - General-In-Chief 11/01/1861 - 7/22/1862

Halleck, Henry Wager - General-In-Chief 7/23/1862 - 3/12/1864

Grant, Ulysses Simpson - General-In-Chief 1864 - 1869

Sherman, William Tecumseh - General-In-Chief 1869 - 1883

Sheridan, Philip Henry - General-In-Chief 1883 - 1888

Schofield, John McAllister - General-In-Chief 1888 - 1895
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.

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