When the aged Winfield Scott finally stepped down in November 1861, he was replaced by McClellan.
After the Union victories in Halleck's territory, Halleck was appointed to the job in July 1862.
Grant was then appointed in March 1864 (with Halleck serving as his Chief-of-Staff) and stayed in the job until the end of the war.
Abraham Lincoln promoted Ulysses S. Grant to General of the Army during the Civil War, and the GA commands the military.
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General Grant
George Washington left Philadelphia right away to take charge of his army, which had already fought its first major battle.
To save the army
pensions
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Abraham Lincoln was the President of the Union Army.
Abraham Lincoln was president during the entire war. As president, he was Commander-in-Chief of the union army and navy.
defeat the Confederate Army
Tennessee seceded from the Union after President Lincoln was elected and began raising an army. =]
The first commander of the entire Union army was Winfield Scott.
The president of the Union. The commander-in-chief of the Union Army.
He did not. The war was ended by the Union Army defeating the Confederate Army.
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General Grant