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Major General Henry Wager Halleck, c1865. In 1862, President Lincoln appointed Halleck "general-in-chief of all U.S. land forces" - the liaison between the president and the forces in the field. Acquaintances recalled Halleck as "a regimental clerk with the personality of a cold muffin." Ritchie, a Scottish-born artist, was known chiefly for his prints.