USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Humility and Integrity-Grant conducted his entire life with uncommon integrity and disarming humility. He was good and generous to his enemies and magnanimous in victory. When successful, he gave all the credit to others. When he made a mistake, he took full responsibility.

Detailed explanation-2: -With this appointment, Grant essentially replaced his former nemesis, Gen. Henry W. Halleck (1815-1872), as “General in Chief of the Army” and was subject only to the Lincoln as commander in chief.

Detailed explanation-3: -He made his reputation in Tennessee, at Fort Donelson and at the Battle of Shiloh. Of his later victories, three that stood out were the Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and the Overland campaigns. At Vicksburg, Mississippi, Grant hoped to break the Confederate grip on the Mississippi River once and for all.

Detailed explanation-4: -Grant’s first Civil War battles occurred while he was in command of the District of Cairo. The Confederate Army, stationed in Columbus under General Leonidas Polk, had violated Kentucky’s military neutrality. Immediately, Grant took the initiative and seized Paducah, Kentucky, on September 5, 1861.