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McClelland then Grant. Robert E. Lee was Lincoln's fist choice to lead the union army at the beginning of the war but, Lee said "I cannot fight against my own birthplace." So they chose Winfield Scott as commander.
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∙ 7y agoPresident Lincoln was the US president and commander in chief of the Union's armed forces. During the course of the US Civil War, he selected a series of generals to fill the role of general in chief. US Grant was the last general in chief that Lincoln appointed in early 1864.
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∙ 9y agoThe commander in chief during the Civil War was President Jefferson Davis. He provided war strategies for both land and Naval forces.
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∙ 14y agoAs Commander-in-Chief of the US armed forces (per the Constitution) President Abraham Lincoln
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U. S. Grant.
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General Robert E Lee,
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Someone who is now dead
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