United States Army Generals - List of Lieutenant Generals in the United States Army Before 1960, List of United States Army Four-Star Generals, Dwig (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 203. Chapters: List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960, List of United States Army four-star generals, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, George Washington, David Petraeus, James A. Garfield, Troy H. Middleton, List of major generals in the United States Regular Army before 1 July 1920, George B. McClellan, Wesley Clark, Andrew Jackson, Colin Powell, William Henry Harrison, George Armstrong Custer. Excerpt: This is a complete list of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960. The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime Army, ranking above major general and below general. Originally created for George Washington during the Quasi-War with France, the grade lapsed for most of the 19th century and early 20th century because it was considered too lofty for the diminutive peacetime establishment. Unlike grades of major general and below, the grade of lieutenant general was not considered a functional office during this period, but the penultimate military honor reserved for only the most eminent of wartime generals. After the Spanish-American War, the lieutenant generalcy slowly transitioned from extraordinary accolade to routine appointment, and from permanent personal grade to temporary ex-officio rank. The grade was revived permanently just before World War II and has been in continuous existence ever since. Before World War I there was at most one lieutenant general on active duty at any time. In 1918 two field army commanders received wartime commissions as lieutenant general to accord them rank equal to allied counterparts, the first time the grade had been conferred purely to facilitate future command instead of to reward past service. Dozens of lieutenant generals were appointed during World War II to lead the vastly...