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Old Brains. Only one person in American history has the honor of being called Old Brains and he probably didn’t de- serve it. Union General Henry Wager Halleck (1815–72) was a fortifications expert and able organizer, but the prestige he enjoyed for the victories of U.S. Grant and others under his command were unwarranted—he wasn’t the “old brains” be- hind them, as many believed, contributing little to Union strategy. |