President Abraham Lincoln was the commander in chief of the Union forces during the Civil War. The acting commander in chief of the confederate states was General Robert E. Lee.
The Union had undergone a number of successive commanders , in 1865 the Union commander was U.S.Grant and for the Confederacy it was Robert E. Lee .
The Union Army.
Many, many thousands of people joined the Union army.
Grant was commander of the union army.
There were two main goals of the union army. The first goal was to preserve the union, and the second goal was to abolish slavery.
they were the leading commanders (ones who decided what the army did) of the union army the union army was made up of the states who did not secede
Major General William S. Rosencrans Major General Ulysses S. Grant
Winfield Scott: July 5, 1841 - November 1, 1861
His union commanders were, William T. Sherman, Mr. White, and Mrs. Krause!
The Union Army was commanded by Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, and after his death, by Major Samuel Sturgis. The Confederate Army was commanded by Gen. Ben McCullock.
At Fredericksburg, Major General Ambrose E. Burnside commanded the Army of the Potomac. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was led by Robert E. Lee.
The Union had undergone a number of successive commanders , in 1865 the Union commander was U.S.Grant and for the Confederacy it was Robert E. Lee .
Credit for the Union's capture of Roanoke Island in 1862 was granted to the Union army and navy. Admiral Goldsborough supplied the ships and gun fire to protect the landing army forces of General Ambrose Burnside. With that said, the victory was shared by both Union commanders.
The Union Army had several different commanders during the time it was in existence. They included Winfield Scott, George McClellan, Henry Halleck, and the final commander, Ulysses S. Grant.
The DecoyCamo army and there commanders.
Command of all US armies changed hands a few times during the war. From McClellan to Helleck to McClellan to Meade to Grant. For the Union's premier army, the Army of the Potomac, it had multiple commanders. Once again US President Lincoln seemed to do a poor job in selection commanding generals.
Both armies had several different commanders in different sectors of the war. By 1864, Ulysses S. Grant was the general-in-chief of the Union (Northern/Federal) forces, while Robert E. Lee was the general commanding the Confederate (Southern/"Rebel") forces.