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Ulysses Grant entered the Union army as a captain of volunteers with the 21st Illinois Infantry Regiment in May 1861. When the regiment was mustered into Federal service in June of that year he was promoted to colonel. He would serve the Union throughout the war which ended in 1865.
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Which general commanded Union troops in the West during the early years of the Civil War?
Ulysses Symson Grant
Which man emerged as the leading union general in the west in the first years of the civil war?
Ulysses S. Grant
How old was General US Grant when the US Civil War started?
General US Grant was 39 years old when the US Civil War began. He was a West Point graduate and served in the Mexican War. He signed his commission as a captain in 1854 and went into private life.
What man emerged as the leading union general in the west during the first years of the civil war?
The little-known U.S. Grant - with much of the credit initially going to his commanding General, Henry Halleck.
Appomattox?
the site of surrender of the Confederate general Lee to Union general Grant in April 1865, marking the end of the Civil War, his surrender prevent several more years of Guerrilla War, Grant was lenient- the idea of reconciliation not vengeance, the south could keep its horses and the generals could keep their guns
What is Ulysses S. Grant's background?
Before becoming the 18th U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant served as a U.S. general. He was also a commander of the Union armies during the late years of the American Civil War.
What does Ulysses S. Grant have to do with the north union?
During the last 2 years of the Civil War, Grant was the commander of all the union armie. He was the most successful union general and brought the war to a close when the South surrendered.
Civil War General who was also a General in the Mexican American War?
Winfield Scott was both a US General Officer in the Mexican American and Civil Wars. Sterling Price became a Brigadier General after the Taos Revolt during the Mexican American War and was a Major General of the Confederate States Army during the US Civil War. There was also John Ellis Wool who, when the Civil War began had been a Brigadier General for twenty years and had been in uniform for 49 years. He was the oldest General Officer on either side during the US Civil war at the age of 77. He got his second star during the Civil War.
How many wars did General Philip Sheridan win?
He was a general under U.S. Grant in the Civil War (Union Victory) and the General-in-Cheif during the Indian Wars of the next 20 or so years. So, I guess an easy answer is 2.
How many years did the American Civil War last?
The American civil war lasted 3 years. Hostilities began on April 12th,1861 at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The war ended at the Appomattox Court House when General Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9th,1864.
Who was a younger general Grant Jackson or Lee?
General Lee was older by 3 years.
What men emerged as the leading Union general in the West in the first years of the Civil War?
Initially Ulysses S. Grant was a Lt. General in the Western theater of the Civil War. However, he was promoted to as lead general. Prior to his appointment, General Henry Halleck was in charge. Additional generals in this theater included, Generals Sherman, Buell and Thomas emerged as prominent leaders.
