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Henry Halleck

1815 - 1872

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Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872) was a senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory: "Old Brains". He was an important participant in the admission of California as a state and became a successful lawyer and land developer. Halleck served as the General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States from 1862 to 1864, and then became Chief of Staff for the remainder of the war when Ulysses S. Grant was appointed to that position. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Halleck is the 1,615th most popular military personnel (up from 1,659th in 2019), the 6,003rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,455th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henry Halleck ranks 1,615 out of 2,058. Before him are Aliagha Shikhlinski, Edward Braddock, Mutsuhiro Watanabe, Andrew Scott Waugh, Georgi Todorov, and Sidney Smith. After him are Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, Gerhard von Schwerin, Erich Buschenhagen, Michel-Joseph Maunoury, James Somerville, and Davit Bek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Henry Halleck ranks 61. Before him are Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg, Edward Forbes, Marguerite Bays, and Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina. After him are James Legge, Pavel Fedotov, Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Emanuel Geibel, and Aleksandr Baryatinsky. Among people deceased in 1872, Henry Halleck ranks 51. Before him are Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Jean-Marie Duhamel, George Catlin, Martin Ohm, Edwin Atherstone, and Michel Carré. After him are Dimitrija Demeter, Franz Xaver Fieber, Michele Carafa, Hugo von Mohl, Andrej Sládkovič, and William Davies Evans.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Halleck ranks 6,003 out of 20,380. Before him are Selma Blair (1972), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (1973), Mark Frost (1953), Jason Patric (1966), Pat Martino (1944), and Robert Zoellick (1953). After him are Carol Kane (1952), Althea Gibson (1927), Dakota Fanning (1994), Ancel Keys (1904), Britt Robertson (1990), and Gustave Gilbert (1911).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Henry Halleck ranks 101. Before him are James M. Gavin (1907), Doris Miller (1919), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Tommy Franks (1945), Arleigh Burke (1901), and Richmond K. Turner (1885). After him are Carlos Hathcock (1942), Christine Jorgensen (1926), J. Lawton Collins (1896), Eddie Slovik (1920), Braxton Bragg (1817), and Frederick C. Weyand (1916).

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