Henry W. Halleck

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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.

Aliases (2)

General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck ×1
Henry Wager 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, 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 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 →
roleInMexicanAmericanWar	Army engineer →
servedIn	Mexican–American War →
servedUnder	Abraham Lincoln → Ulysses S. Grant →
servedWith	George B. McClellan → William T. Sherman →
spouse	Elizabeth Hamilton →
startTimeOfRole_chiefOfStaff	1864-03 →
startTimeOfRole_generalInChief	1862-07 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Military Division of the Mississippi ("General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck") →	createdBy
Henry W. Halleck ("Henry Wager Halleck") →	fullName
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman →	mentionsPerson
Union Army →	notableCommander
Commanding General of the United States Army →	notableOfficeHolder
George B. McClellan →	successor (general-in-chief)