Episode 2 of 2

Appointment as General-in-Chief

Name: Appointment as General-in-Chief
Start: 1862-07-23
Location: Washington, D.C.

When: July 23, 1862
Where: Washington, D.C.
Part of: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army

Following the Peninsula Campaign, Lincoln summoned Halleck to Washington, D.C., to become General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States on July 23, 1862.

In the aftermath of the failed Peninsula Campaign in Virginia, President Lincoln summoned Halleck to the East to become General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States, as of July 23, 1862. Lincoln hoped that Halleck could prod his subordinate generals into taking more coordinated, aggressive actions across all of the theaters of war.

Sources

Henry Halleck Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12

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