He became president of the USA, the country was in the middle of a civil war, but they were still one country.
Grant was the famous Civil War general who went on to become President.
Abraham Lincoln
NOT Andrew Johnson
Lincoln was President. Nevada became a state in 1864, during the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant, who wanted to be president, and he became president
US Grant.
U.S. Grant.
During the civil war the vice president was Andrew Johnson. Then after President Lincoln was assassinated Johnson became president.
The civil war general president was Ulysses Grant. He served as the US commander and general of the Union armies. He later on became the 18th US president.
The only president from Indiana was Benjamin Harrison who led union troops during the Civil War but surely did not lead the nation. He became president several years after the Civil War ended, The president during the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln who did live in Indiana as a boy but was living in Illinois when he got into politics and became nationally known,
Ulysses S. Grant