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General-in-Chief

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General McClellan After the Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run and the retirement of the aged Winfield Scott in late 1861, Lincoln appointed Major General George B. McClellan general-in-chief of all the Union armies. Source: Internet

Lincoln removed McClellan as general-in-chief in March 1862, after McClellan's "Harrison's Landing Letter", in which he offered unsolicited political advice to Lincoln urging caution in the war effort. Source: Internet

Four-sun ranking main Since the age of the independence war in Venezuela the most senior officer is designated as general-in-chief (general en jefe). Source: Internet

Early’s summer campaign caught the attention of Union General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant, who was laying. Source: Internet

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