The union says in its filing that Chief Elaine Bryant created the watch commander position and unilaterally assigned two commanders to the role without following the terms of the union contract.

The Union commander, General George Meade, had expected an attack from the opposite direction and was caught unawares. However, the length of the march and Union control of the high ground at Culp ...

T.J. Stiles: On that day, in that battle, Jesse James was given credit for actually personally killing the Union commander, A. B. E. Johnson. And, I think in a sense, that was probably true.

From the Confederate commander, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Grant demanded unconditional surrender. The Mississippi belonged to the Union, and Grant was a hero. At Chattanooga, Tennessee, in September ...