What is Henry Halleck?
'''Henry Halleck''' was a general in the [[United States Army|United States army]]. He was born in 1815 in New York. He graduated from the [[United States Military Academy]] in 1839. He fought in the [[Mexican-American War]]. During the [[American Civil War]], he became the commander of the Union armies in the [[Western Theater of the American Civil War|Western Theater]] in 1862. In July 1862, Lincoln made Halleck the general-in-chief of all Union armies. However, Lincoln did not like the way Halleck ran the army, so in March 1864 Halleck was replaced as general-in-chief by U.S. Grant. Halleck was Grant's chief of staff and stayed in Washington, D.C. In 1865 he was transferred to the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]]. In 1869, he was transferred to [[Kentucky]], where he died in 1872. {{US-bio-stub}} {{American Civil War}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Halleck, Henry}} [[Category:1815 births]] [[Category:1872 deaths]] [[Category:American Civil War generals]] [[Category:Military people from New York (state)]]