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Highest Ranking Union Officer

 

Highest ranking Union Officer


ANSWER: JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON

Robert Edward Lee was offered a command in the Union Army by President Abraham Lincoln, and he turned it down. He could never take up arms against Virginia.

But the highest ranking officer in the U.S. Army to join the Confederacy was Brigadier General J.E. Johnston

General Joseph Eggleston Johnston

Library of Congress image of General Johnston

 

 

 

General Robert E. Lee and General Joseph E. Johnston.

Library of Congress image of Generals Lee and Johnston

 


Read more about it:

The Confederate Navy | A Book About Ships and Harbors by H.D. Ingles

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