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North: General Ulysses S. Grant South: General Robert E. Lee
There were many different Generals in the Civil War, but Lincoln hired all of the generals for the North who was the Union and the South who was the Confederates was mostly general Robert E. Lee. Douglas was the president of the South since the south wanted to break away from the union.
Other way round. The Confederates had attracted some of the best officers away from the US Army, while the North was struggling to find successful commanders. (One reason for Lee's early success was that he was facing Union Generals who were not in his league.) The only endemic trouble with the Southern Generals was their eternal feuding.
Most US generals came from the ranks of the graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point, New York. The North had a larger pool of military trained men then did the South. The pool of officers was larger for the North, no doubt. However, on both sides the general pool was diluted due to the necessity of making political generals. On a ratio basis, it can be debated that the South had a higher quality of possible generals.
Even though the North had a much higher population, the sizes of the North and South armies were comparable. Both sides also had ample food production during the war.
Grant for the North, Lee for the South
He was William Tecumseh Sherman.Answer:There were numerous generals in both the Northern and Southern armies during the American Civil War (See Link). As the North eventually carried the war to the South there could even be said to be Northern generals in the South at some periods.
General Robert E. Lee for the South and General Ulysses S Grant for the North.
Robert E. Lee (confederacy, South) and Ulysses S. Grant (union, North)
The South had better generals than the North did at the time.
The North. But the South had managed to cream-off some of the best of them.
The North versus the South
North- Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans South- Gen. Braxton Bragg
Lee for the South versus Meade for the North
North: General Ulysses S. Grant South: General Robert E. Lee
The South - Robert E. Lee / North - Ulysses S. Grant .
North- More troops Better equipped and supplied South- Knew the land better Had better generals