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SpudHawg948 (talk | contribs) →Union: Butler never served as a Congressman from New Hampshire. At the time of his appointment to General, he was a State Senator and Militia General from Massachusetts. Also removing some NPOV |
SpudHawg948 (talk | contribs) m →Reasons for promotions: Logan didn't become a Republican till after the war, i.e. after being appointed general. So he doesn't serve as an example of a Republican appointed general |
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==Reasons for promotions==
===Appeasement of political groups===
The most important reason for appointing political generals was to appease important blocs of voters. [[President of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] largely used such generals as a way to get the support of moderate [[History of the United States Democratic Party|Democrats]] for the war and for his administration ("[[War Democrats]]"). The first three volunteer generals Lincoln appointed ([[John Adams Dix]], [[Nathaniel Prentice Banks]] and [[Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician)|Benjamin F. Butler]]) were all Democrats and therefore these three officers were the most senior [[Major general (United States)|major generals]] in the Union Army. [[History of the United States Republican Party|Republicans]] were also appointed including [[Richard James Oglesby
===Geopolitical===
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