Commanding General of the United States Army

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United States Army position military office

The Commanding General of the United States Army was the highest-ranking officer and professional head of the U.S. Army before the creation of the modern Chief of Staff role.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Commanding General of the United States Army canonical 7
General-in-Chief of the United States Army 2
Commanding General, U.S. Army 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army position ⓘ
military office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States Army ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
authorityLimitations subordinate to civilian control of the Secretary of War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedAbolished 1903 ⓘ
endTime 1903 ⓘ
firstHolder George Washington ⓘ
firstHolderStartTime 1783 ⓘ
hasRank general ⓘ
lieutenant general ⓘ
major general ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century United States military history ⓘ
post–American Revolutionary War era ⓘ
inception 1783 ⓘ
lastHolder Nelson A. Miles ⓘ
lastHolderEndTime 1903 ⓘ
legalStatus abolished military office ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
nativeLabel Commanding General of the United States Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commanding General, U.S. Army
notableOfficeHolder Henry W. Halleck ⓘ
John J. Pershing ⓘ
Philip Sheridan ⓘ
surface form: Philip H. Sheridan

Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
Winfield Scott ⓘ
officeHolderRole highest-ranking officer in the United States Army ⓘ
professional head of the United States Army ⓘ
officeScope command of the entire United States Army in peacetime ⓘ
overall responsibility for Army readiness and operations ⓘ
partOf United States Department of War ⓘ
precededBy Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army ⓘ
reasonForAbolition reorganization of Army command structure in 1903 ⓘ
reorganizedInto Army General Staff system ⓘ
replacedBy Chief of Staff of the Army ⓘ
surface form: Chief of Staff of the United States Army
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
Secretary of War ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of War
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
significantEvent American Civil War ⓘ
United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: Indian Wars

Spanish–American War ⓘ
startTime 1783 ⓘ
successorOffice Chief of Staff of the Army ⓘ
surface form: Chief of Staff of the United States Army
usedUntil early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Tecumseh Sherman → positionHeld → Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
George → positionHeld → Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
subject surface form: George Washington
this entity surface form: Senior Officer of the United States Army
Commanding General of the United States Army → nativeLabel → Commanding General of the United States Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commanding General, U.S. Army
Old Fuss and Feathers → bearerHighestRank → Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
Sam Grant → positionHeld → Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
Nelson A. Miles → positionHeld → Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
John Schofield → positionHeld → Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
Philip → positionHeld → Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Sheridan
Jacob Brown → positionHeld → Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
Commander, Department of the Mississippi → subordinateTo → Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: General-in-Chief of the United States Army
Commander, Military Division of the James → reportsTo → Commanding General of the United States Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: General-in-Chief of the United States Army