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 However, the term of "major général" was not forgotten and used to describe the appointment of armies chiefs of staff. One well-known French "major général" was Marshal Louis Alexandre Berthier; Major General of Napoléon's "Grande armée". In addition,"maréchal de camp" was renamed "général de brigade(brigade general)" in 1793. The rank was decided to correspond to "brigadier general" after WWⅡ. In Georgia, the rank major-general (გენერალ მაიორი) has one star as for security forces. The army, however, does not follow the traditional soviet model and uses the now more common two-star insignia. The German Army and "Luftwaffe" referred to the rank