Lieutenant colonel general rank of lieutenant colonel general corresponds to command of a division. A lieutenant colonel general in the Republic of Macedonia ("генерал потполковник") and Slovenia ("generalpodpolkovnik") is the rank above major general and below general, equivalent to a lieutenant general. Lieutenant colonel general Lieutenant colonel general or sub-colonel general (Serbo-Croat: "генерал-потпуковник" or "general-potpukovnik") is a general officer rank in a number of Balkan armed forces. Its literal meaning is "sub-colonel general". The rank of lieutenant colonel general represents a rationalisation of the situation in some armies of a lieutenant general outranking a major general, when a major outranks a lieutenant. In
Major general (United States) and took command of the Union forces, he used the three-star insignia formerly assigned to that position. The Confederate States Army maintained a similar rank of major general, usually associated with the command of a division, while lieutenant generals often commanded corps and full generals led armies as a general convention. There was no major general in the U.S. Marine Corps until Commandant Charles Heywood was specially promoted by Act of Congress in July 1902. From his retirement on October 3, 1903, brigadier general was again the highest rank in the Marine Corps until May 21, 1908, when the rank