About: Commanding General of the United States Army

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Former position; single senior-most officer in the United States Army

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  • militaire rang (nl)
  • posición de los Estados Unidos (es)
  • nekdanji položaj; najvišji častnik v Kopenski vojski Združenih držav Amerike (sl)
  • תפקיד בצבא ארצות הברית (iw)
  • former position; single senior-most officer in the United States Army (en)
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  • 1903-08-08 (xsd:date)
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  • 0001-07-19 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • . (en)
  • Served when the Army was reduced to only 80 soldiers. Lowest ranking individual ever to command the U.S. Army. (en)
  • Former military commander during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Advised the government during the Pullman Strike. Retired upon reaching mandatory retirement age of 64. (en)
  • Resigned to begin career farming and developing land in Maine; appointed Secretary of War under Articles of Confederation in 1785. (en)
  • Served at the beginning of the Northwest Indian War with the Northwestern Confederacy. Removed by President George Washington in the aftermath of the Harmar campaign. (en)
  • Personally commanded the Army in the Battle for Mexico City in 1847, during the Mexican–American War. Runner-up in the 1852 presidential election. Commanded the Union Army at the beginning of the American Civil War. Developed the Anaconda Plan to defeat the Confederacy and recommended expanding the Regular Army rather than relying on militia. Resigned after the Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Age 75 at his retirement, Scott was the oldest person to serve as Commanding General. (en)
  • Commanded the Legion of the United States during the Northwest Indian War and negotiated the Treaty of Greenville with the Northwestern Confederacy after the Battle of Fallen Timbers. (en)
  • Appointed by the Second Continental Congress, after being nominated by Samuel Adams and John Adams. Resigned to the Congress of the Confederation, at the end of the American Revolutionary War. (en)
  • Commanded during the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Known for suppressing the Burr conspiracy. (en)
  • Served as commanding general during the Spanish–American War and the Army beef scandal. Retired upon reaching mandatory retirement age of 64. Position replaced with the Army Chief of Staff upon Miles's retirement. (en)
  • Previously served as President of the United States . Appointed by President Adams during the Quasi-War against the French Republic. Did not actively command the Army during this period but was prepared to lead it if the need arose. (en)
  • Appointed Commanding General of the Army after successes on the Northwestern front of the War of 1812. Presided over a reduction in the size of the U.S. Army in the 1810s. Created the United States's first military colleges and the General Recruiting Service. (en)
  • Simultaneously served as Commander of the Army of the Potomac. Removed by President Abraham Lincoln after the Peninsula campaign and McClellan's failure to pursue the Army of Northern Virginia after the Battle of Antietam. Later unsuccessfully campaigned with the Democratic Party in the 1864 election. (en)
  • Simultaneously served as Governor of the Northwest Territory . Resigned as Senior Officer at the request of President George Washington, in the aftermath of St. Clair's defeat. (en)
  • Known for leading the March to the Sea and the Campaign of the Carolinas during the American Civil War. Served as commanding general during the Modoc War, the Great Sioux War of 1876, and the Nez Perce War. Resigned position; retired upon reaching mandatory retirement age of 64 in 1884. (en)
  • Commanding general at the Battle of Plattsburgh. Advocated expanding the U.S. Army during his tenure. (en)
  • Commanded the Legion of the United States at the start of the Quasi War. Responsible for establishing Reserve Corps in the Ohio River Valley and the lower Mississippi River Valley to be deployed in the event of war with France or Spain. Later discovered by historian Charles Gayarré to have been a Spanish spy. (en)
  • Appointed after successes in the Battle of Vicksburg and the Chattanooga campaign. When appointed, Grant served in the field, his headquarters attached to the Army of the Potomac. Defeated the Army of Northern Virginia at the Overland Campaign and the Petersburg campaign. Accepted General Robert E. Lee's surrender at the Battle of Appomattox. Resigned to become the 18th president of the United States after winning the 1868 election. . (en)
  • Reassigned as the Army's chief of staff, subordinate to Grant. (en)
  • Known for service in the American Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Indian Wars. Influential in establishment of Yellowstone National Park. (en)
  • Previously served as Secretary of War . Last American Revolutionary War veteran to serve as Senior Officer. Served as the Commanding General at the beginning of the War of 1812. Known for authorizing the American invasion of Lower Canada, including the Battle of York. Reassigned to administrative post in New York City after achieving few victories. (en)
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  • The president (en)
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  • with Congress advice and consent (en)
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  • the United States Army (en)
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  • An act of the Second Continental Congress (en)
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  • 1775-06-15 (xsd:date)
  • June 1821 (en)
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  • Brown, Jacob (en)
  • Dearborn, Henry (en)
  • Doughty, John (en)
  • Grant, Ulysses S. (en)
  • Halleck, Henry (en)
  • Hamilton, Alexander (en)
  • Harmar, Josiah (en)
  • Knox, Henry (en)
  • Macomb, Alexander (en)
  • McClellan, George B. (en)
  • Miles, Nelson A. (en)
  • Schofield, John (en)
  • Scott, Winfield (en)
  • Sheridan, Philip (en)
  • Sherman, William Tecumseh (en)
  • St. Clair, Arthur (en)
  • Washington, George (en)
  • Wayne, Anthony (en)
  • Wilkinson, James (en)
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  • Commander-in-Chief (en)
  • Commanding General (en)
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  • Commanding General (en)
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  • The secretary of war (en)
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  • Several HQs (en)
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  • y (en)
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  • 1784-06-20 (xsd:date)
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  • 1903-08-08 (xsd:date)
  • June 1821 (en)
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  • 1883-11-01 (xsd:date)
  • 1888-08-14 (xsd:date)
  • 1895-10-05 (xsd:date)
  • June 1821 (en)
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  • Senior-most officer (en)
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  • Commanding General of the United States Army (en)
  • القائد العام لجيش الولايات المتحدة (ar)
  • Commanding General of the United States Army (de)
  • Komandanta Generalo de Usona Armeo (eo)
  • Commanding General of the United States Army (fr)
  • Comandante generale dell'esercito statunitense (it)
  • アメリカ陸軍総司令官 (ja)
  • 美國陸軍總指揮官 (zh)
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