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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]
There were many important Union generals during the American Civil War. Some, like Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, George Mclellan and Joshua Chamberlain are household names.
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 ...
The following lists show the names, substantive ranks, and brevet ranks (if applicable) of all general officers who served in the United States Army during the Civil War, in addition to a small selection of lower-ranked officers who received brevets as general officers; while some 1,600 officers...
While there were some Union Generals who struggled, and some are listed here, by the end of the war, Abraham Lincoln had his leadership in place with men who knew how to fight the war. 1. Ulysses S. Grant. 2. William Tecumseh Sherman. 3. James Birdseye McPherson. 4. John Reynolds. 5. George Meade. 6. George Thomas. 7. Winfield Scott. 8.
There were hundreds of generals commissioned in the American Civil War on both the Union and Confederate armies. Some, like Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman are household names.
During the Civil War the US Army (or Union Army if you prefer) had a total of 4 men assigned as General-in-Chief, more or less akin to today’s designation as Chief of Staff of the Army as the top soldier.
The Union Army employed hundreds of generals during the Civil War. This gallery provides an overview of several of the key Union generals who contributed to the Union's cause and helped guide its armies to victory.
Over 1,000 men attained the various ranks of general during the Civil War. This web site provides names and images of 425 Confederate and 583 Union generals.
Generals of the Union Army 1861-1865: The Federal Register. NOTE—In the following pages will be found a short biographical sketch of every officer who attained the full rank of major or brigadier-general during the war. Those who received these titles by brevet only are not included.