They were appointed as generals without any real military experience and they were chosen solely because of their political positions (much like the spoils political system where a president is elected and appoints only his close friends and allies to political positions).
During the First Battle of Chattanooga the generals were: Union Major General Buell and Confederate Brigadier Generals Morgan and Forrest; during the Second Battle: Union Major General Rosencrans and Confederate Braxton Bragg; during the third one: Union Major General Grant and Confederate Braxton Bragg.
In three words: Northern military incompetence. The Union had a few good generals, Grant most notably, but most of the Union generals were outclassed by the Confederate generals. The North held every advantage in this war except for a surplus of competent generals.
Notably , U.S. Grant ~ look to the related link below for a list of generals in the Civil War .
Burnside for the Union. Lee for the Confederacy. The victory was so decisive that Lee was seen to dance about hugging the other Generals - the only time the normally serious and dignified Lee ever gave free rein to his emotions.
The union generals are as follows: Grant, Sherman, and Buell. The confederate generals are as follows: Johnston, Hardee, Bragg, Polk, Beauregard, Ruggles, and Wheeler. I hope this helps. *This spelling is ALL CORRECT*
There were so many Union generals replaced because none of them did a good enough job to remain in the position, many of the North's good generals like Robert E. Lee resigned from the Union army to go fight for their home state in the Confederacy
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These are major Generals Union: Generals Pope, McClellan, Burnside, Thomas, Grant Confederacy: General Lee
These are major Generals Union: Generals Pope, McClellan, Burnside, Thomas, Grant Confederacy: General Lee
They did. very long ones.
The Battle of Chantilly was the battle that took the lives of two Union generals. Generals Issac Stephens and Philip Kearny were killed on September 1, 1862.
For the Union the generals were Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell. For the Confederacy the generals were Albert Sydney Johnston and P.G.T Beauregard.
Union - Grant, Sherman, Thomas Confederate - Bragg
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The Confedarate generals.
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