That was the year when he came to public notice - earning his pun-nickname 'Unconditional Surrender' (US) after the battle of Fort Donelson.
At the first big battle - Shiloh - he was much criticised for being caught napping and almost allowing his army to be pushed into the Tennessee river.
But the situation in the West improved steadily because of him, and by the end of the year he was on course to liberate the Mississippi.
Aggressive but unflappable. By mid-1863, he would have proved himself to be a master strategist too.
General Ulysses Grant's mother was Hannah Simpson Grant.
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General Ulysses S. Grant was 63 when he died.
Ulysses S. Grant won the siege of Vicksburg.
Ulysses S. Grant was Commanding General for the Union Army of the United States.
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Ulysses S Grant was a general in the Union army.
Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.
Of course! Ulysses S. Grant was the general of the Union Army.
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