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The following list shows the names of substantive, full grade general officers (Regular U.S. Army or U.S. Volunteers) effectively appointed, nominated, confirmed and commissioned (by signed and sealed document) who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1] Many commissions were antedated.
The list of American Civil War (Civil War) generals has been divided into five articles: an introduction on this page, a list of Union Army generals, a list of Union brevet generals, a list of Confederate Army generals and a list of prominent acting Confederate States Army generals, which includes officers appointed to duty by E. Kirby Smith, officers whose appointments were never confirmed or ...
List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union) List of female United States military generals and flag officers; Oceania. South America. Brazil. List of generals ...
This is a list of American Civil War brevet generals that served the Union Army.This list of brevet major generals or brevet brigadier generals currently contains a section which gives the names of officers who held lower actual or substantive grades (often referred to as ranks) in the Union Army, were not promoted to full actual or substantive grade generals during or immediately after the ...
1st California Infantry Regiment: February 12, 1862 – October 21, 1866 2nd California Infantry Regiment: December 30, 1862 – July 2, 1866 3rd California Infantry Regiment: December 31, 1861 – July 27, 1866 4th California Infantry Regiment: October 1861 – April 18, 1866 5th California Infantry Regiment: November 1861 – December 14, 1864
Union brigade-level officers could receive two different types of Federal commissions: U.S. Army or U.S. Volunteers (ex: Major General, U.S.A. as opposed to Major General, U.S.V.). While most Civil War generals held volunteer or brevet rank, many generals held both types of commission; regular rank was considered superior. [7]
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George H. Thomas (Virginia) of the Union Army was one of the most important generals of the conflict, playing a crucial role in Western Theater. Montgomery C. Meigs (Georgia) was Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the war, and his ability to keep the Army supplied proved instrumental in ensuring victory.