美国陸軍总指挥官(英語:Commanding General of the United States Army),1903年设立的美国陆军参谋长前身職位,陸軍中通常有一个最高级别的军官,1783年,称为“美国陸軍高级军官”(Senior Officer of the United States Army),1821年,改名为“美国陸軍总指挥官”(Commanding General of the United States Army),1903年,美国陆军参谋长设立之后,废除这个职位。
^Eicher, Civil War High Commands. The gap from March 11, 1862, to July 23, 1862, was filled with direct control of the army by PresidentAbraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, with the help of an unofficial "War Board" that was established on March 17, 1862. The board consisted of Ethan A. Hitchcock, the chairman, with Department of War bureau chiefs Lorenzo Thomas, Montgomery C. Meigs, Joseph G. Totten, James W. Ripley, and Joseph P. Taylor.