In doing so, the civil war's greatest general won himself a unique place in american letters.
New Ulysses S Grant Role In The Civil War
Pictures. Grant began his military career as a cadet at the united states military academy at west point in 1839. After the civil war, president andrew johnson named grant secretary of war over the newly reunited nation.
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Grant was the most acclaimed union general during the american civil war and was twice elected president. Grant was an important general in the civil war, and was later president of the united states. Prior to his presidency, he was the commanding general of the union army in the american civil war.
During the civil war, ulysses s grant was dispatched by abraham lincoln to repel an army of confederates in the mississippi valley region of the south.
Grant quarreled with the president and aligned himself with the radical republicans. He enjoyed much of popularity in the american public life on account of his bold performance in the battlefield and earning victory for the federal. Grant was elected eighteenth president of the united states. Grant was born april 27, 1822, in point pleasant, ohio, to a leather grant at west point academy.
