Henry W. Halleck

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Henry W. Halleck was a prominent Union Army general and military administrator during the American Civil War, known for his role as general-in-chief and later chief of staff to Ulysses S. Grant.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
military administrator ⓘ
military theorist ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
appointedAsGeneralInChiefBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
branchOfService United States Army ⓘ
burialPlace Brooklyn, New York ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn

Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1815-01-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1872-01-09 ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
endTimeOfRole_chiefOfStaff 1865-04 ⓘ
endTimeOfRole_generalInChief 1864-03 ⓘ
familyName Halleck ⓘ
fullName Henry Wager Halleck ⓘ
linked to: Henry W. Halleck
givenName Henry ⓘ
knownFor bureaucratic and administrative leadership ⓘ
cautious strategic approach ⓘ
centralization of Union war administration ⓘ
language English ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
nickname Old Brains ⓘ
notableWork Elements of Military Art and Science ⓘ
occupation administrator ⓘ
author ⓘ
military engineer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
placeOfBirth Westernville, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Staff to Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
Commander, Department of the Mississippi ⓘ
Commander, Department of the Missouri ⓘ
Commander, Military Division of the James ⓘ
General-in-Chief of the Union Armies ⓘ
relativeByMarriage Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
San Francisco, California ⓘ
roleInMexicanAmericanWar Army engineer ⓘ
servedIn Mexican–American War ⓘ
servedUnder Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
servedWith George B. McClellan ⓘ
linked to: George McClellan

William T. Sherman ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Hamilton ⓘ
startTimeOfRole_chiefOfStaff 1864-03 ⓘ
startTimeOfRole_generalInChief 1862-07 ⓘ

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