Ulysses S.Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
General and commander of northern forces towards the end of the civil war
Robert E. Lee was the general commander of the Confederate Forces during the American Civil War.
During the Civil War, Grant was made a Lt. General. He became the general over all the other generals. President Lincoln remained the Commander in Chief. Grant became the Commander in Chief when he became President.
The principal military commander was Robert E. lee for much of the war.
the supreme commander of the confederate forces was Robert E. Lee.
The commander of the Confederacy was General Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Union was General Ulysses Simpson Grant (later he became the 18th President of the USA).
I am not sure I would call him a "hero", but he was commander of the Union forces in the Civil War and became President of the United States.
Lincoln was never a general, although as POTUS during the Civil War, he was Commander-In-Chief of all US forces.
Lincoln served as President during the Civil War. in 1864, he appointed Grant as the overall commander of Union forces. Grant accepted Lee's surrender in 1865.
The Commanding General of the Union Army during the US Civil War was General U.S. Grant. He was not the first commander of these forces, but he was appointed by Presedent Lincoln to command the U.S. forces prior to the end of the war. General Grant later became the 18th U.S. President.
Politically, the C.S.A. was controlled by President Jefferson Davis who was also Commander in Chief.Robert E. Lee