RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Andrew Johnson
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Ulysses S. Grant
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John Wilkes Booth
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Abraham Lincoln
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant /ˈhaɪrəm juːˈlɪsiːz/ HY-rəm yoo-LISS-eez; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
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: -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-4: -Over the course of the war, the Commanding General of the United States Army was, in order of service, Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry Halleck, and finally, Ulysses S. Grant.