American "General" Knowledge

Guess the names of these people who have served as generals in the United States military.

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	Hint	Answer
American Revolution	Led the Continental Army from 1775-1783	George Washington
American Revolution	French aristocrat who joined the Continental Army and served with distinction	Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
American Revolution	Defected to the British in 1780, making his name synonymous with treason to Americans	Benedict Arnold
War of 1812	Won the Battle of New Orleans after a peace treaty had been signed, but before word of it reached the United States	Andrew Jackson
War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War	Served longer as a general than any other person in American history	Winfield Scott
Mexican-American War	Defeated Santa Anna's forces at Buena Vista despite being outnumbered, and was convinced to run for President after the war	Zachary Taylor
Civil War	Union general remembered for being reluctant to commit troops and engage the enemy. Later a failed Presidential candidate in 1864	George B. McClellan
Civil War	Union general known for accepting only unconditional surrender, and final leader of the Union army	Ulysses S. Grant
Civil War	Union general known for capturing Atlanta and engaging in scorched-earth tactics against the Confederacy	William Tecumseh Sherman
Civil War	Union cavalry commander who was later killed along with most of his unit in a battle with Native Americans at the Little Bighorn River	George Armstrong Custer
Civil War	Renowned Confederate general who died after being wounded in a friendly fire incident	Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Civil War	Top Confederate general, ended the war by surrendering at Appomattox	Robert E. Lee
World War I	Commanded Allied Expeditionary Forces, later served as mentor to many prominent generals of World War II	John J. Pershing
World War II	Reorganized the US Army for World War II and helped develop a postwar economic recovery plan for Europe	George Marshall
World War II	Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1943-1945	Dwight D. Eisenhower
World War II	Accepted the surrender of Japanese forces in 1945	Douglas MacArthur
World War II	Known for fast-moving, aggressive tactics and profanity-laden speeches to his troops	George S. Patton
Vietnam War	Commander of US forces in Vietnam, 1964-1968	William Westmoreland
Vietnam War	Commander of US forces in Vietnam, 1968-1972, has a tank named after him	Creighton Abrams
Iraq War	Commanded multinational forces from 2003-2008. Later forced to resign as CIA Director after leaking classified information during an extramarital affair	David Petraeus

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