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Henry Wager Halleck

(1815—1872)


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(1815–1872) U.S. army officer and military intellectual; Commanding General of the Army, 1862–64. Born in Westernville, New York, Halleck attended Union College before leaving to attend West Point from which ...

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Halleck, Maj Gen Henry Wager (1815–72)
in The Oxford Companion to Military History Length: 231 words
Halleck, Henry Wager
in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Length: 359 words

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