In the Battle of Poltava on 27 June 1709 ( Old Style ) , or 8 July ( New Style ) , Tsar Peter I , commanding military.military_command troops , defeated a Swedish army of 17,000 troops led by Field Marshal Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld ( who had received the command of the army after the wounding of the Swedish king Carl XII on 17 June ) .

He was one of the most experienced officers of the Anglo-Zulu War -- '' commanding military.military_command , untiring energy and undoubted powers of leadership '' , he was also apt to be headstrong , and was threatened with loss of command by Lord Chelmsford .

In August , `` Santa Fe '' joined Task Group 38.3 , Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman commanding military.military_command for the invasion of Peleliu and Angaur ( Operation Stalemate II ) as part of the U.S. Third Fleet under the overall command of Admiral William F. Halsey , and carrier air attacks to neutralize Japanese air bases on Babelthuap and Koro in preparation for the upcoming Philippines campaign led by General Douglas MacArthur .

During the month of June 1864 , Confederate General Robert E. Lee was commanding military.military_command Army of Northern Virginia in the defense of Petersburg , Virginia , against the Union siege under the command of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant .

One of its first commanding military.military_command was Major Quintin Brand ( who would become a group commander with RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain ) .