History of the Office of The Inspector General of the United States Army (IG January 10, 1863April 1, 1864; January 2, 1881March 8, 1885) was assigned as the "de facto" head of the Office of the Inspector General, which, until then had not existed. 2 major generals, 7 brigadier generals, 18 colonels, 118 lieutenant colonels, and 149 majors of the regular army served inspector duty during the Civil War. On January 22, 1866, a War Department order established the duties of the inspector general as: In July 1866, the number of inspectors general with the rank of colonel was fixed at four; assistant inspectors general with the rank of lieutenant colonel at three;
Army General (Soviet rank) is comparable to NATO OF-9 level and equivalent to the UK and US ranks of general; Soviet and current Russian rank systems also have a marshal rank. The corresponding naval rank is admiral of the fleet, which has been used in both the Soviet and Russian navies, although conferred much more rarely. "Army general" was used for the infantry and marines, but in the air force, artillery, armoured troops, engineer troops and signal troops the ranks of marshal of the branch and chief marshal of the branch (also on OF-9 level) were used. The contemporary Russian Army retains the rank