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MILITARY PERSONNEL

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Halleck has received more than 565,659 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Henry Halleck is the 1,502nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,385th in 2019), the 6,456th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,458th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henry Halleck ranks 1,502 out of 1,468Before him are Abu Ali al-Anbari, Harry Patch, Natalya Kovshova, Stefan Toshev, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, and Oliver Hazard Perry. After him are Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Nathan Hale, Murat Karayılan, Flora Sandes, Kliment Boyadzhiev, and J. Lawton Collins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Henry Halleck ranks 69Before him are James B. Francis, Halfdan Kjerulf, Edward Forbes, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Otto von Böhtlingk, and Marguerite Bays. After him are James Legge, Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Daniel Bashiel Warner, Athanasios Miaoulis, and Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Among people deceased in 1872, Henry Halleck ranks 60Before him are Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, Mpande kaSenzangakhona, Dimitrija Demeter, William Davies Evans, Edwin Atherstone, and Andrew Smith. After him are Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, José Burgos, Robert Wight, Lowell Mason, Edward James Roye, and Robert S. Duncanson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Halleck ranks 6,456 out of 18,182Before him are David A. R. White (1970), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Todd Haynes (1961), David Smith (1906), Pia Zadora (1953), and Oliver Hazard Perry (1785). After him are Eugene McCarthy (1916), Joan Mitchell (1925), Teddy Mayer (1935), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), Harry Shearer (1943), and Frank Pierson (1925).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Henry Halleck ranks 110Before him are Mark Milley (1958), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), John Bell Hood (1831), Richard Bong (1920), Richmond K. Turner (1885), and Oliver Hazard Perry (1785). After him are Nathan Hale (1755), J. Lawton Collins (1896), John Pope (1822), Mickey Marcus (1901), Raymond T. Odierno (1954), and Peter Pace (1945).