Henry Halleck
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Henry Wager Halleck was a senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory: "Old Brains". He was an importa
Halleck c. 1860–1865
Elizabeth Hamilton
Gen. Halleck in The champions of the Union, lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1861
General Henry Wager Halleck
Commanding General of the United States Army was the title given to the service chief and highest-ranking officer of the United States Army, prior to the establishment of the chief of staff of the Uni
Henry Halleck
…He was an important participant in the admission of California as a state and became a successful lawyer and land developer. Halleck served as the General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States from 1862 to 1864, and then became Chief of Staff for the remainder of the war when Ulysses S. Grant was appointed to that position. Early in the…
Winfield Scott by Fredricks, 1862 crop
Portrait of George Washington
Henry Knox by Gilbert Stuart 1806
John Doughty