Mary C. Clarke, formerly of the Womens Army Corp. She retired at Fort McClellan in 1981 with the rank of Major General.
Claudia Kennedy
Lieutenant General Carol A. Mutter.
BG Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
Major General John Fulton Reynolds, the commander of the First Corps of the Army of the Potomac who was killed in the first days battles at Gettysburg.
There have been many. Coincidentally on 23 July 2008, Lieutenant General Ann E. Dunwoody was confirmed by the US Senate for promotion from Lieutenant General to General, and became the first female four-star General in the history of the US Army, and is currently the commanding General of US Army Materiel Command, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. The first female General Officer in the US Army was Anna Mae Hays, promoted on 11 June, 1970. That same year Elizabeth P. Hoisington was also promoted to General Officer. Both reached the rank of Brigadier General.
US President Lincoln had promoted General Henry Halleck to be the Union's general in chief. His first major decision was in the Summer of 1862 when he ordered General McClellan to retreat from the Peninsula and return with his army to Washington.
General Douglas MacArthur.
In 1960 Carolyn James was the first female WAC to be promoted to E-9 while assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Army Air Defense Command, Colorado Springs. She was also the first female appointed to MSG (E-8) in 1959, the effective date of the Military Pay Bill of 1958 that authorized the two new grades.
The first female quartermaster general in the Army was Gwendolyn Bingham. She assumed command in November 2010, and was promoted to a higher rank in April 2011.
There has yet to be a female Sergeant Major of the Army.
General Ann E. Dunwoody, USA who heads the Army Material Command is the first female to have achieved a fourth star in the US Armed Forces. Anna Mae Hays, Chief of the Army Nurse Corps was the first female to wear a star when she attained that rank in 1970 The first to become a Major General was Jeanne M. Holm, USAF. The first to become a Lieutenant General was Carol Mutter, USMC.
Stand Watie became a brigadier general.
General of the Army, General, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant First Class, Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal, Private First Class, Private. Is the list missing specialist?
The major general of the Texas Army was Sam Houston. He was also the president of the Republic of Texas.
The United States army consists of twelve ranks. They are, in order of rank, Private, Private First Class, Specialist, Corporal, Sergeant. Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, Master Sergeant, First Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Command Sergeant Major, and Sergeant Major of the Army.
See link for history of Army ranks. Private Private First Class Corporal Sargent Staff Sargent Technical Sargent Master Sargent 1st Sargent (One per company) Warrant Officer Junior Grade Chief Warrant Officer 2nd Lieutenant 1st Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General General General of the Army (Wartime only, 5 only at a time)
In the Army there are five different levels of General: Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General, General and General of the Army.
Major General John Fulton Reynolds, the commander of the First Corps of the Army of the Potomac who was killed in the first days battles at Gettysburg.
There have been many. Coincidentally on 23 July 2008, Lieutenant General Ann E. Dunwoody was confirmed by the US Senate for promotion from Lieutenant General to General, and became the first female four-star General in the history of the US Army, and is currently the commanding General of US Army Materiel Command, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. The first female General Officer in the US Army was Anna Mae Hays, promoted on 11 June, 1970. That same year Elizabeth P. Hoisington was also promoted to General Officer. Both reached the rank of Brigadier General.
US President Lincoln had promoted General Henry Halleck to be the Union's general in chief. His first major decision was in the Summer of 1862 when he ordered General McClellan to retreat from the Peninsula and return with his army to Washington.