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At the outbreak of the war, he was serving in a civilian capacity as an instructor at a military academy in Louisiana.
He had made many friends in the South, and warned them that the South would win some early victories, but was bound to lose in the end - one of the few Regular Officers who forecast that it would be a long war.
As a married man, he dreaded rejoining the Army, but reluctantly travelled North to take a commission as a Colonel of Infantry.
His early war record was mixed - he was undoubtedly sent to a lunatic asylum, more than once, possibly at his own suggestion.
But when he started working with his fellow-Westerner U.S. Grant, he proved himself successful in a good partnership.
He served in many honourable postings, took the surrender of the last major Confederate force (under Joe Johnston), and ended his service as General-in-Chief of all the United States armies.
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