Henry W. Halleck

E64177

Union Army general human lawyer military administrator military theorist

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Henry W. Halleck canonical	13
Henry Wager Halleck	6
General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck	1
Major General Henry W. Halleck	1

Statements (54)

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 ⓘ surface form: Brooklyn, New York 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 W. Halleck self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Henry Wager 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, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California
roleInMexicanAmericanWar	Army engineer ⓘ
servedIn	Mexican–American War ⓘ
servedUnder	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
servedWith	George McClellan ⓘ surface form: George B. McClellan William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ surface form: William T. Sherman
spouse	Elizabeth Hamilton ⓘ
startTimeOfRole_chiefOfStaff	1864-03 ⓘ
startTimeOfRole_generalInChief	1862-07 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

George McClellan → successor (general-in-chief) → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

subject surface form: George B. McClellan

Military Division of the Mississippi → createdBy → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

this entity surface form: General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck

Commanding General of the United States Army → notableOfficeHolder → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman → mentionsPerson → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Union Army → notableCommander → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Henry W. Halleck → fullName → Henry W. Halleck self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Wager Halleck

Halleck → notableBearer → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Wager Halleck

Western Theater of the American Civil War → notableUnionCommander → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Corinth campaign → commander → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Mississippi Valley Theater → commandedBy → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Western Union armies → notableCommander → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Union Army campaigns → notableCommander → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Northern Army → hasCommander → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Siege of Corinth → commander → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Wager Halleck

Old Brains → refersTo → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Commander, Department of the Mississippi → firstHolder → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Wager Halleck

Commander, Department of the Mississippi → notableCommander → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Wager Halleck

Elements of Military Art and Science → author → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Wager Halleck

Elizabeth Hamilton → spouse → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

Department of the Missouri → notableCommander → Henry W. Halleck ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major General Henry W. Halleck