The Union military commander for Ohio was General Ambrose Burnside, a former commander of the Army of the Potomac.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

The Union commander,General Hooker, had to keep his army between Lee and Washington to prevent the Confederates from seizing the national capital.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

He and three other cabinet members signed a note demanding that Lincoln remove McClellan as Commander of the Army of the Potomac.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

The army refused. It told the commander to defend the forts as best he could.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

President Lincoln named a new commander for the Union's Army of the Potomac.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

But the president was also commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

This is what it said: I,Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and commander in chief of the Army and Navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The U.S.and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Army General Stanley McChrystal, has said conditions in Afghanistan are deteriorating.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The U.S.Commander in Afghanistan, Army General Stanley McChrystal, has said the U.S.will likely lose the war if the administration does not send more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

The commander of the British Army's 19th Light Brigade, Brigadier Tim Radford, just returned from Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

Army General Stanley McChrystal, the U.S.and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has sent his evaluation of the situation on the ground to Mr.Obama and European leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The top U.S.and NATO military commander there, Army General Stanley McChrystal, has warned the United States could lose the conflict if additional forces are not deployed.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

The top U.S.commander in Afghanistan, Army General Stanley McChrystal, has warned that the war with the Taliban could be lost if more troops are not deployed.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

The top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Army General Stanley McChrystal, told the committee that President Barack Obama's security review had provided new clarity to the mission ahead.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

The commander of the army forces under the U.S.Pacific Command, Lt.General Benjamin Nixon,said Monday that the military maneuvers are preparing both sides to respond to any contingency that may arise in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

U.S.officials, including the number-two American commander here, Army Lieutenant General Charles Jacoby, say such occasional spectacular attacks are,in a way, evidence of the decline of al-Qaida in Iraq, which once staged dozens of attacks every day.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

With medical teams and mobile facilities from several countries already in place in Haiti, the deputy commander of the U.S.military effort there, Army Major General Daniel Allyn, says American priorities have shifted to delivering vehicles to distribute aid, machinery to produce clean water and equipment to clear rubble and begin reconstruction.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19