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Jun 13, 2024 · Major General Henry W. Halleck of the Union Army. Halleck was the grandson-in-law of Alexander Hamilton. He attended Hudson Academy and Union College, then graduated from West Point in 1839, ranked 3 out of 31 in his class. He was assigned as a 2nd lieutenant of engineers.
Jun 18, 2024 · The genesis of U.S. Army counterinsurgency doctrine was the work of Major General Winfield Scott and officer and scholar Henry Halleck, whom he sent to Europe prior to the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) in part to study Napoleon’s failed occupation of Spain during the Peninsular War (1808–1814).
23 hours ago · Halleck arrived from St. Louis on April 11, took command, and assembled a combined army of about 120,000 men. On April 29, he relieved Grant of field command and replaced him with Major General George Henry Thomas. Halleck slowly marched his army to take Corinth, entrenching each night.
1 day ago · On July 11, Lincoln summoned Henry Halleck from the Western Theater of the war to take command as general-in-chief of the army. Shortly thereafter, Lincoln asked Ambrose Burnside to replace McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac, but Burnside, who was close friends with McClellan, declined the post. [96]
6 days ago · At the end of April, the Union army of almost 125,000 men, led by Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck, set out from Pittsburg and Hamburg Landings towards Corinth. A Confederate force of about half that size, under Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, waited for them, behind 5 miles of earthworks.
Jun 6, 2024 · Two days later McClellan received a telegram from Army chief Henry Halleck: "The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south. Your army must move now while the roads are good..." If McClellan was surprised by the speed of the order he did not immediately show it.
3 days ago · In a dispute over the use of the forces defending the Harpers Ferry garrison, Hooker offered his resignation, and Abraham Lincoln and General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck, who were looking for an excuse to rid themselves of him, immediately accepted.
