The Role Of Ulysses S. Grant In The Civil War

The Civil war kicked off and many key people were responsible for important things that happened in the war. Ulysses S. Grant was one of them. He was born in 1822. He was a skilled warrior and rose to the rank of captain in the military. He resigned from the military in 1854. Grant tried farming for a little and was not successful., so he rejoined the military as a general in the Civil War. Then he served for president in 1869 for two terms and died in 1885.(National...)

Robert E. Lee was a man of family, culture and tradition. Lee was a man who believed in the old English ways in chivalry. The Southern states fought for the same ideals that Lee stood for. Lee believed that this way of life made men to be of a higher class. He was convinced that these old values can build a better nation. Catton express the Confederacy loyalty to these values by saying: “For four years, the southern states had fought a separate war to up held the ideals for which Lee; as if he himself was the Confederacy… the best thing that the way of life for which the Confederacy stood could have ever had to offer” (410).

Ulysses S. Grant was an American general and 18th president of the United States. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27, 1822, the son of Hannah Simpson and Jesse Grant, the owner of a tannery. Taken to nearby Georgetown at the age of one, he was educated in local and boarding schools. In 1839, under the name of Ulysses Simpson instead of his original Hiram Ulysses, he was appointed to West Point. Graduating 21st in a class of 39 in 1843, he was assigned to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. There he met Julia Dent, a local planter's daughter, whom he married after the Mexican War.

     American General and 18th President of the United States of America, Ulysses S. Grant, was a master war strategist who won the first major Union victories during the Civil War; however, political leadership proved to be far different from military leadership for Grant. While in office from 1869-1877 Grant scarcely attempted to control events, made injudicious appointments to public office, and had official corruption taint his administration, although Grant himself was never said to be actually have been involved in this corruption.

Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Ohio, on April 27, 1822 to Jesse Root Grant, and Hannah Grant . Also a United States Army general during the American Civil War and Commanding General at the conclusion of that war. He was elected as the 18th President of the United States in 1868, and served from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln and lead the Union Army to the victory over the Confederate Army . After president Lincoln's assassination, Grant's plan on implementing Reconstruction put him at odds with President Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's successor. Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery, protect African-American

Robert E. Lee had many successes in leading the United States Army. What made Lee so remarkable was he carried a lot about what the United States government was doing and believed in a good relationship with the personal that are working for the government. We know that Lee held high standards. He was big on honor, and held people to high standards. He graduated West Point as a military commander. Lee was considered one of the bluest of Virginia blue bloods. Lee was a full blown southerner who would give anything he could to get a southern victory. Lee would be the general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Lee first will take over and will be in charge from 1861-1865. What Lee’s first task will be to take his army at Second Bull Run and lead them to a Confederate victory.

James Garfield was a Union army general who fought in the Battles of Middle Creek, Shiloh, and Chickamauga, and would later become the President of the United States for 200 days. He was a self-made man who was an important contributor in the Civil War due to his bravery, leadership skills, and appropriate radicalism.

Ulysses S. Grant was the commander of the Union army during the civil war from 1861-1865. He focused on the the health and wellness of his soldiers. He was a graduate of West Point Military Academy and fought in the Mexican American war from 1846-1848. Grant led over 70,000 men into the Battle Of Wilderness in May of 1864. This was his first battle as the Union commander and his men were outnumbered and and ended up fighting through the night and into the next day. The Union army suffered significant casualties and the battle seen no clear winner at the end. This battle wasn’t a turning point in the war because it was one of the first battles that the Union army fought that they didn’t retreat from. Over 250 men died because the forest was

Grant is one of the most famous general in Civil War. He is well known for seizing Fort Henry and Donelson and also leading the Union army to victory in the Civil War. The two forts he seized gave the union an upper hand in the war by giving the Union “vital communication and transportation routes on Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers” (Keene, Cornell, and O’Donnell 381). He is also responsible for taking control of the Mississippi River from Vicksburg down, another victory that gave the Northerners more access in the south for the transportation. The Confederate equivalent of Grant is Robert E Lee. Lee replaced General Joseph E. Johnston after he got extremely injured in a battle. With this new status and title, Lee is known for being a “brilliant commander and strategist” who maximized the limited resources the Confederate had and with the many odds stacked against him, he defeated Union troops larger than his own (p##). In his diary, Grant recorded that Lee was a man with dignity and an impenetrable face (Grant and Lee). William T. Sherman is a man that had the same understanding of modern warfare as Grant. This general is notorious for marching his armed forces 285 miles across the state of Georgia with the goal and intent to destroy the supplies and resources of the confederates and withdraw from the southern their last drop of hope and dignity. He achieved this goal by burning houses, properties, and bridges, destroying railroad tracks, and doing anything he

In April 1861, war broke out across the United States, and it would become known as the Civil War. During the Civil War many individuals stepped up to the plate, one of these individuals was Hiram Ulysses Grant. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in Pleasant Point, Ohio. His parents, Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Grant, quickly moved his family to Georgetown, Ohio ("Ulysses S. Grant," n.d.). Jesse Root Grant, his father, worked as a tanner and businessman. During his childhood, Grant was very timid, but he managed to keep average grades in school ("Ulysses S. Grant," n.d.). After his primary years of school, Ulysses’ father sent him off to military school at West Point. Upon his arrival at West Point Grant’s name was put down as

General George Meade, Ulysses S. Grant, General William Tecumseh Sherman, William Farrar Smith, and George Thomas were five of the most important men in 1864 during the Civil War. General George Meade was born in Cadiz, Spain on December 31, 1815. He was the commander of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia, where he met Ulysses S. Grant. In the Battle of Cold Harbor, George Mead is defeated on June 12, 1864, by Robert E. Lee. Then in the Battle of Sayler’s Creek, George defeats John Gordon, Dick Ewell, and R.H. Anderson. He died on November 6, 1872 at the age of 57. Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Clairemont County, Ohio on April 27, 1822. On March 2, 1864 the U.S. Senate confirms Ulysses S. Grant as a Lieutenant General. In the Battle of the Wilderness on May 7, 1864 Ulysses is beaten badly by Robert E. Lee, but rather than retreat Ulysses

On April 7th, the confederate army launched a surprise attack on union forces under the control of General Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee. Although the confederate forces had the Union surprised, the Union pushed them back and won the battle. Although the Union won the battle, both sides faced heavy losses. Grant feared defeat because he was surrounded by confederate artillery, so he retreated. The union formed a battle line at a sunken road named the Hornets Nest. There, the Union held off the confederate attacks and pushed them back until the confederate gave up. This was one of the many battles that crushed the moral of the confederate soldiers. Soon maybe the confederate will decide that this war is not worth fighting.

Hiram Ulysses Grant led the whole union army to victory in the American Civil War. On April 16, 1863 Grant went and meet the Union troops who had marched south down from the west side of the Mississippi River, and led them to Bruins burg they have captured Jackson.

General Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant was a republican and the 18th president of the United States. In the year 1865, as general, Ulysses S. Grant let the Union to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. Winning the Civil war and enforcing the civil rights laws were some of Grant’s contributions to the United States.

The first of many factors is Robert E. Lee was facing forces that were almost double his own with 60,000 of his own troops facing 80,000 union troops(History.com Staff). Robert E. Lee decided to split his own forces and attack Hooker’s right flank. He gave Stonewall Jackson this important task. According to History.com “ Early on May 2, Jackson and 30,000 men followed a circuitous route that brought them against Hooker’s weak right flank. Jackson’s attack, begun in late afternoon, was a brilliant tactical success that destroyed half of Hooker’s line…” (History.com Staff). This move by Robert E. Lee led to his greatest victory of the Civil War, and gave him the strategic initiative, he needed to invade the North (History.com Staff). This is why the Battle of Chancellorsville will go down in History as one of the Confederacy’s greatest