Famous U.S. Generals - Statistics

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When Description General % Correct
Revolutionary War Top American commander George Washington
92%
Civil War Top Union commander at the end of the Civil War Ulysses S. Grant
91%
Civil War Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Robert E. Lee
89%
WWII Supreme Allied commander in Europe Dwight D. Eisenhower
88%
Civil War Confederate general known as "Stonewall" Thomas Jackson
84%
WWII and Korea Pacific Theater general who was made de-facto ruler of Japan after the war Douglas MacArthur
74%
WWII Known as "Old Blood and Guts", this Third Army commander drove his forces deep into Germany George S. Patton
71%
Civil War Union general who marched to the sea, burning Atlanta along the way William Tecumseh Sherman
71%
Indian Wars Formerly a general, this Lieutenant Colonel had a "last stand" at the Battle of the Little Bighorn George Armstrong Custer
70%
Revolutionary War General who betrayed the Americans to fight for the British Benedict Arnold
67%
Revolutionary War French nobleman who fought for the Americans Marquis de {Lafayette}
60%
Gulf War Top Gulf War general, known as "Stormin' Norman" Norman Schwarzkopf
41%
WWII Admiral who commanded the Pacific Fleet Chester Nimitz
38%
Civil War Confederate general who led a futile charge at Gettysburg George Pickett
38%
Civil War Ineffective commander of the Army of Potomac who was fired by Lincoln and then ran against him in the 1864 election George B. McClellan
35%
WWI Top U.S. commander of WWI. His frontal assaults led to unnecessarily high U.S. casualties. John J. Pershing
32%
Civil War Brilliant Confederate cavalry commander whose legacy was stained by serving as Grand Wizard of the KKK Nathan Bedford Forrest
29%
WWII and Korea Known as "The G.I.'s general", he fought in Normandy and was later the top U.S. commander in the Korean War Omar Bradley
20%
Vietnam Top U.S. general in Vietnam from 1964 - 1968 William {Westmoreland}
20%
WWII, Korea, Vietnam This Air Force general oversaw the strategic bombing of Japan and also wanted to bomb North Vietnam back to the "Stone Age" Curtis LeMay
12%
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