General-in-Chief of al the Union armies was U.S. Grant.
Commander of the Army of the Potomac, which forced Lee's surrender (effectively ending the war), was George Meade.
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During the Civil War, the army based in Washington, D.C., was known as the Army of the Potomac. It was the primary Union army in the Eastern Theater and played a crucial role in major battles, including Gettysburg and Antietam. Commanded by various generals throughout the war, it was instrumental in the Union's efforts to defeat the Confederate forces.
Sherman's army was the civil war army commanded by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
During the US Civil War, there were several Union generals in charge of the Union's war efforts in the East. They were:* George B. McClellan;* Henry Halleck;* Ambrose Burnside;* John Pope;* George Meade; and* US Grant.
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Ulysses S. Grant
The Commander In Chief of the Union army during the Civil War was President Abraham Lincoln; the ranking general in the field was Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses S. Grant commanded the winning union army and was swept into the presidency because of his victory.
He did not. The war was ended by the Union Army defeating the Confederate Army.
Grant was commander of the union army.
U.S. Grant. He was travelling in a mobile HQ with the Army of the Potomac, which was commanded by Gordon Meade. (Some say Meade, not Grant, should have taken Lee's surrender.) The other Union army was commanded by W.T. Sherman, and he took Joe Johnston's surrender in North Carolina about a fortnight after Appomattox.
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Grant commanded the Union army in the latter part of the Civil War (North).He also served in the Mexican War.
During the American Civil War, the Union Army, often referred to as the northern army, was initially commanded by General George B. McClellan. He was succeeded by several leaders throughout the war, with General Ulysses S. Grant ultimately taking command in 1864 and leading the Union to victory. Grant's strategic leadership and aggressive tactics were pivotal in the Union's success.
Ulysses Grant, appointed General-in-Chief in March 1864.Travelling with the Army of the Potomac (commanded by General Meade, as people often forget), he took the surrender of Robert E.Lee at Appomattox.
Robert E. Lee was offered command, but turned it down.
No, he commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. But, at the begining of the war, he was offered command of the US Army forces, but declined.