- Source: Commanding General of the United States Army
The Commanding General of the United States Army was the title given to the service chief and highest-ranking officer of the United States Army (and its predecessor the Continental Army), prior to the establishment of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1903. During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the title was Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. In 1783, the title was simplified to Senior Officer of the United States Army. In 1821, the title was changed to Commanding General of the United States Army. The office was often referred to by various other titles, such as "Major General Commanding the Army" or "General-in-Chief".
From 1789 until its abolition in 1903, the position of commanding general was legally subordinate to the United States Secretary of War; (senior member of the President's Cabinet), but was replaced by the creation of the statutory Chief of Staff of the Army by action of the United States Congress in 1903 under 26th President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919, served 1901-1909).
Officeholders
† denotes people who died in office.
= Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
== Senior Officer of the United States Army (1783-1903)
== Commanding General of the United States Army (1821-1903)
=Timeline
See also
United States military seniority
Notes
Bibliography
Historical Resources Branch; United States Army Center of Military History.
Eicher, John H.; Eicher, David J. (2001). Civil War High Commands. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
Bell, William Gardner (2005). Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff 1775–2005: Portraits and Biographical Sketches. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
King, Archibald (1960) [1949]. Command of the Army (PDF). Military Affairs. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Judge Advocate General's School, U.S. Army.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- General of the Armies
- Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat Pertama
- Gubernur Akademi Militer Amerika Serikat
- Nelson A. Miles
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Ringkasan dinas George S. Patton
- Paul M. Nakasone
- Hunter Liggett
- James Bradshaw Adamson
- J. Lawton Collins
- Commanding General of the United States Army
- Commanding General, United States Army Pacific
- Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command
- General of the Army (United States)
- Commanding General, United States Army Europe and Africa
- Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
- Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- General officers in the United States
- Surgeon General of the United States Army
- United States Army
