RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT ULYSSES S GRANT
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1903-1906
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1871-1892
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1845-1859
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1861-1865
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Detailed explanation-1: -Served: in command of the Armies of the United States, Aug. 12, 1866, to Mar. 4, 1869.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -Grant reenlisted in the Union army in April, 1861. Appointed Colonel in the 21st Illinois Infantry, he was charged with training volunteers for war, and was soon promoted to Brigadier General of volunteers.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Ulysses S. Grant took command of all United States armies in March of 1864, he promised to change how the Union war effort was being conducted. 1864 was a crucial “make it or break it” year in the Civil War. The nation had already gone through unspeakable bloodshed and war weariness was at an all-time high.