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Name: Henry Wager Halleck
Birth Date: January 16, 1815
Death Date: January 9, 1872
Place of Birth: Westernville, New York, United States
Place of Death: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: military leader, lawyer, engineer

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Biography of Henry Wager Halleck
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Henry Wager Halleck (1815-1872) was named General-in-Chief of the United States Union forces during the Civil War by President Abraham Lincoln to replace General George Brinton McClellan and was replaced, in turn, by General Ulysses S. Grant. Many...


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Halleck, Henry W(Ager)
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(born Jan. 16, 1815, Westernville, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 9, 1872, Louisville, Ky.) Union officer during the American Civil War. A graduate of West Point, he was commissioned in the engineers and sent on a tour of military facilities in Europe...
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Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872) was a 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...


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The Arkansas Historical Quarterly
Commander of All Lincoln's Armies: A Life of General Henry W. Halleck
12/01/2005: 772 words, approx. 3 pages
Commander of All Lincoln's Armies: A Life of General Henry W. Halleck. By John F. Marszalek. (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004. Pp. ix, 324. Prologue, illustrations, bibliographic essay, notes, acknowledgments, illustration credits, index. $29.95.) When Maj. Gen. Henry Wager Halleck...
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Canadian Journal of History
Commander of All Lincoln's Armies: A Life of General Henry W. Halleck.(Book review)
03/22/2006: 848 words, approx. 3 pages
Commander of All Lincoln's Armies: A Life of General Henry W. Halleck, by John F. Marszalek. Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004. ix, 324 pp. $29.95 US (cloth). On a first glance at John F. Marszalek's new biography...
 


 

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