RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT ULYSSES S GRANT
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Question
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He is a great general.
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He is a fighter
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He fights
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He understands
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Detailed explanation-1: -At Shiloh in April, Grant fought one of the bloodiest battles in the West and came out less well. President Lincoln fended off demands for his removal by saying, “I can’t spare this man–he fights.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Lincoln say, on one occasion: ‘General Grant is the most extraordinary man in command that I know of.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Abraham Lincoln and Congress, frustrated by the failures of their military leaders, needed to find a commander who could lead the Union to victory. Message of President Abraham Lincoln Nominating Ulysses S. Grant to Be Lieutenant General of the Army, February 29, 1864; Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46.
Detailed explanation-4: -On March 27, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln meets with Union generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman at City Point, Virginia, to plot the last stages of the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.