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Henry Wager Halleck (* 16. Januar 1815 in Westernville, New York; † 9. Januar 1872 in Louisville, Kentucky) war Offizier, Gelehrter und Jurist. Er war Oberbefehlshaber ( Commanding General of the United States Army) des US-Heeres zu Beginn des Sezessionskriegs.
Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872) 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 important participant in the admission of California as a state and became a successful lawyer and land ...
Henry W. Halleck (born Jan. 16, 1815, Westernville, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 9, 1872, Louisville, Ky.) was a Union officer during the American Civil War who, despite his administrative skill as general in chief (1862–64), failed to achieve an overall battle strategy for Union forces.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about the life and career of Henry W. Halleck, a Union general in the Civil War who excelled as an administrator but failed as a strategist. Find out how he rose from a farm boy to a military scholar, a lawyer, a railroad president and a general-in-chief.
12. Jan. 2024 · Learn about Henry Wager Halleck, a prominent Union general during the American Civil War. He served as General-in-Chief of all U.S. armies in 1862, and later as Chief of Staff under Ulysses S. Grant.
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The next year, Halleck was reappointed in the Regular Army, with the grade of major general. He commanded the Department of the Missouri and then the Department of the Mississippi. He led the Union forces during the Corinth campaign before he became the commanding general of the Army on 13 July 1862. He served as commanding general until 9 ...
HENRY WAGER HALLECK was born in Westernville, Oneida County, New York, on 16 January 1815; was educated at Hudson Academy, received the bachelor of arts degree from Union College, and graduated...
