As might be expected, the Union had a number of officers with the rank of general in the US Civil War. At the end of the war, however, US Grant was in charge of the Union's fighting forces.
The civil war general president was Ulysses Grant. He served as the US commander and general of the Union armies. He later on became the 18th US president.
Confederate General Robert Seldon Garnett was the first general from either side to die in the US Civil War. He was killed shortly after the Battle of Rich Mountain in 1861.
General US Grant's first assignment in the US Civil War was in Missouri. In September of 1861 Grant took command of the Southeast Missouri District.
General US Grant was 39 years old when the US Civil War began. He was a West Point graduate and served in the Mexican War. He signed his commission as a captain in 1854 and went into private life.
Winfield Scott was both a US General Officer in the Mexican American and Civil Wars. Sterling Price became a Brigadier General after the Taos Revolt during the Mexican American War and was a Major General of the Confederate States Army during the US Civil War. There was also John Ellis Wool who, when the Civil War began had been a Brigadier General for twenty years and had been in uniform for 49 years. He was the oldest General Officer on either side during the US Civil war at the age of 77. He got his second star during the Civil War.
William Tecumseh Sherman was a general in the US Civil War. He was a Union general.
The civil war general president was Ulysses Grant. He served as the US commander and general of the Union armies. He later on became the 18th US president.
General Robert E. Lee was the Confederate General in the US Civil War. He was born on January 19, the same day as Dolly Parton.
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General Lee's last victory in the US Civil War was at Deep Bottom on August 14, 1864.
Abner Doubleday was a general in the US Civil War that also made great contributions to baseball.
Confederate General Robert Seldon Garnett was the first general from either side to die in the US Civil War. He was killed shortly after the Battle of Rich Mountain in 1861.
In the US Civil War, it was the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, not the Union General, who surrendered.
The US Civil War
General US Grant's first assignment in the US Civil War was in Missouri. In September of 1861 Grant took command of the Southeast Missouri District.
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