General-in-chief has been a military rank or title in various armed forces around the world.
San Francisco San Francisco, September 9, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. O.: COLONEL: The Governor of California has given the following appointments to…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE OGIO, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 19, 1862. Maj. Gen. W. S. ROSECRANS, Nashville, Tenn. : Bruce has been ordered. I hope rebels will fight in Tennessee, but…
Washington Washington, November 23, 1863. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Sir: Major-General Gillmore, commanding Department of the South, some time since recommended that a part of his troops…