The general in chief of all Union armies at the end of the war was Ulysses S. Grant.
The General-in-Chief of the Union Armies was Ulysses S. Grant, and General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies was Robert E. Lee. Technically, the commander of the victorious Army of the Potomac was General George Meade, but Grant was travelling in a mobile HQ right beside him, and took Lee's surrender.
The first commander of the entire Union army was Winfield Scott.
At the start of the Civil War, Winfield Scott was the Commanding General of the Union Army.
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and general- in-chief in March of 1864.
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The general in chief of all Union armies at the end of the war was Ulysses S. Grant.
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Lt. General William Tecumseh Sherman, commanding the Armies of the Tennessee and of the Cumberland took Atlanta in September of 1864.
Robert E. Lee was offered command of the Union Armies by President Lincoln. He turned it down because he felt he was a Virginian first and could not fight against is State.
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Richard MontgomeryRobert E. Lee was the commanding general for the Confederacy and Ulysses S. Grant was the commanding general for the Union.
The Union Commanding General on the field at Second Manassas was General John Pope.
The General-in-Chief of the Union Armies was Ulysses S. Grant, and General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies was Robert E. Lee. Technically, the commander of the victorious Army of the Potomac was General George Meade, but Grant was travelling in a mobile HQ right beside him, and took Lee's surrender.
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.
General Grant was appointed Supreme leader of all Union armies.