Who were the two northern generals in the civil war?

Answer 1

The two main army commanders in the final year were Grant and Sherman.

Grant's campaign at Petersburg had kept Lee on the defensive till he surrendered.

Sherman's campaign of destruction in Georgia and the Carolinas shattered Southern morale and brought the Confederate armies close to starvation, clearly shortening the war.

Answer 2

We take it you don't mean 'Major-Generals' (of whom there were at least fifty) but 'major Generals'.

The answer must be Grant and Sherman, the ones who took charge in March 1864, and simply attended to each of the enemy's two main armies, eventually bringing Union victory.

These two men were very different, but they worked together well. A cynic once described them as a drunk (Grant) looked after by a lunatic (Sherman). There was some truth in this, but their talents were considerable and, fortunately, compatible.

Grant took the grim decision to end the system of prisoner-exchange. This meant that the Confederates, already running out of manpower, would not be able to replace their losses. There is no doubt that this speeded the end of the war, though it didn't seem like it to Northern families hearing about ever-rising casualty figures, as well as conditions in the prison-camps that were horrendous beyond belief.

Meanwhile Sherman, after occupying Atlanta, questioned the wisdom of pursuing the Army of Tennessee into the mountains, especially when his supply-line was so vulnerable. Noting that Georgia had enjoyed a good harvest, he reckoned that his army could live off the land, while conducting punitive raids on the farms and railroads that supported the Confederate armies in the field, until they could liberate the blockade-runners' port of Savannah.

Grant eventually endorsed this plan, and the war was well on the way to its end.

Answer 3

General Ulysses Grant and General George McClellan

Answer 4

In the end, Grant and Lee - Generals-in-Chief of the Union and Confederacy.

Answer 5

Grant and Sherman