RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT ULYSSES S GRANT
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Question
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Unconditional Surrender
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His Fraudulency
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Preacher President
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Veto President
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Detailed explanation-1: -His classmates soon nicknamed him United States or Uncle Sam Grant, and then called him Sam Grant. Ulysses graduated from West Point in 1843, 21st out of 39 cadets graduating that year.
Detailed explanation-2: -The victory ensured that Kentucky would stay in the Union and opened the way for a Union advance into Tennessee. It also produced a new nickname for the unproven general: “Unconditional Surrender” Grant.
Detailed explanation-3: -The heart of the terms was that Confederates would be paroled after surrendering their weapons and other military property. If surrendered soldiers did not take up arms again, the United States government would not prosecute them. Grant also allowed Confederate officers to keep their mounts and side arms.