Henry Halleck (1815–1872) 23 July 1862: 9 March 1864: 1 year, 230 days: Reassigned as the Army's chief of staff, subordinate to Grant. 6: General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) 9 March 1864: 4 March 1869: 4 years, 360 days:

Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806), a Founding Father of the United States, was a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in most of Washington's campaigns.Following the revolution, he oversaw the War Department under the Articles of Confederation, 1785—1789.Washington, at the start of his first administration, …

The First Battle of Memphis was a naval battle fought on the Mississippi River immediately North of the city of Memphis, Tennessee on June 6, 1862, during the American Civil War.The engagement was witnessed by many of the citizens of Memphis. It resulted in a crushing defeat for the Confederate forces, and marked the virtual eradication of a Confederate naval presence …

The Second Battle of Franklin was fought on November 30, 1864, in Franklin, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin–Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War.It was one of the worst disasters of the war for the Confederate States Army.Confederate Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee conducted numerous frontal assaults against fortified positions occupied by the …

Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was an American military general who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and the Spanish–American War.. From 1895 to 1903, Miles served as the last Commanding General of the United States Army, before the office was retooled as Chief of Staff of the Army

The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, named for the Tennessee River.. It appears that the term "Army of the Tennessee" was first used within the Union Army in March 1862, to describe Union forces perhaps more properly described as the "Army of West Tennessee"; these were the troops under the command of …

General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing GCB (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer.He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front during World War I, from 1917 to 1918.In addition to leading the AEF to victory in World War I, Pershing notably …

La bataille de Fort Henry est une bataille de la guerre de Sécession qui se déroula le 6 février 1862 sur la rivière Tennessee.Une force fluviale nordiste, la flottille de l'Ouest, commandée par A. H. Foote, bombarde et fait capituler un fort sudiste encerclé par les troupes du général Grant.. Il s'agit de la première victoire d'envergure pour l'Union et pour Grant sur le Théâtre ...

Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, government official and businessman who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under president Gerald Ford, and again from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He was both the youngest and the oldest secretary of defense. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a three-term U.S. …

General Order No. 11 was a controversial order issued by Union Major-General Ulysses S. Grant on December 17, 1862, during the Vicksburg Campaign, that took place during the American Civil War.The order expelled all Jews from Grant's military district, comprising areas of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.Grant issued the order in an effort to reduce Union military …

Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American banker, general, diplomat, composer, and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under Calvin Coolidge. For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925.. Born in Marietta, Ohio, …

John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts.An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts State Senate before winning election to the United States …

William Tecumseh Sherman (* 8.Februar 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio; † 14. Februar 1891 in New York City, New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Offizier, zuletzt General of the Army, Bankier, Rechtsanwalt und Schriftsteller.Er kämpfte auf Seiten der Nordstaaten im Sezessionskrieg.Sein Name ist eng verbunden mit der Einnahme Atlantas und dem daran anschließenden Marsch …

The Great Locomotive Chase (also known as Andrews' Raid or the Mitchel Raid) was a military raid that occurred April 12, 1862, in northern Georgia during the American Civil War.Volunteers from the Union Army, led by civilian scout James J. Andrews, commandeered a train, The General, and took it northward toward Chattanooga, Tennessee, doing as much damage as …