Major general (United States) and two of artillery commanded by a brigadier general. The rank of major general was abolished in the U.S. Army by the Act of March 16, 1802, and restored by the Act of January 11, 1812, as preparations were being made for the War of 1812. Major general has been a rank in the U.S. Army ever since. Until the American Civil War, major general was the highest rank that could be attained by an officer in the U.S. Army, though Winfield Scott had been given the brevet rank of lieutenant general in 1855. This was a consequence of the
Major general name, as are all general officers; thereafter by subordinates as "sir" or "ma'am" as applicable in English or "mon général" in French. Major-generals are normally entitled to staff cars. In the Estonian military, the major general rank is called "kindralmajor". The Finnish military equivalent is "kenraalimajuri" in Finnish, and "generalmajor" in Swedish and Danish. The French equivalent to the rank of major general is "général de division". In the French military, "major général" is not a rank but an appointment conferred on some generals, usually of "général de corps d'armée" rank, acting as head of staff of one of the