What was Ulysses S Grant's role during the civil war?

Answer 1

Grant re-joined the army when the Civil War broke out, and was made an officer . He started fighting in MO, won some battles and was promoted. He gained control of the Mississippi River and was promoted to major general and given command of the entire union army. In due time, he conquered Richmond and Lee surrendered. He is generally given credit for winning the wara.

Answer 2

As the Civil War reached its peak, Grant sought to win control of the Mississippi Valley. In February 1862, he took Fort Donelson in Tennessee, which was the first Union victory of strategic importance. When the Confederate commander asked for terms, Grant replied, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted." The Confederates surrendered, and President Lincoln promoted Grant to major general of volunteers in 1863.

As the fierce battles of the Civil War continued, some began to question General Grant's military leadership. At Shiloh, Grant fought one of the bloodiest battles in the West. Some called for him to be replaced. President Lincoln fended off demands that Grant be removed by saying, "I can't spare this man - he fights." (From the Ulysses S. Grant home page.)

With President Lincoln's support, Grant was determined to move ahead to victory. He captured Vicksburg, the key city on the Mississippi River, which cut the Confederacy in two. He then broke the Confederate hold on Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Lincoln appointed Grant General-in-Chief of the Union Army in March 1864. Grant directed Sherman to drive through the South while he used the Army of the Potomac to pin down General Lee's Army. After the Overland campaign in the spring of 1864, City Point, (the city is named Hopewell today) Virginia, served as General Grant's Headquarters of the Armies of the United States. From City Point, Grant directed the movements of the various Union troops across the country. His primary goal was to destroy General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. As Sherman and Grant moved farther into the Confederate strongholds, it became clear that the final battles of the Civil War were at hand.

President Lincoln, anxious for the war to end, traveled to City Point and Grant's headquarters. From March 20 to April 8, 1865, the President met with Grant and his officers to discuss the final push into Petersburg. They also talked about the conditions for reuniting the nation after the war.

At the end of March, a "war council" conference was held between the President, Generals Grant and Sherman, and other key military leaders. They discussed battle plans that they hoped would end the war. Grant then moved his headquarters into Petersburg so he would be near the final battleground. President Lincoln stayed at City Point, where it is reported that he dreamed of his own death. Interestingly enough, Lincoln did not tell anyone at City Point of his strange dream while he was there. Instead, he reportedly first mentioned it to his wife and others during a social gathering, days later when he returned to Washington, D.C.

General Grant's military strategy was on target as he defeated General Lee at Petersburg. Finally, on April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House. Grant wrote generous terms of surrender that helped to begin the process of uniting the nation again. A main part of Grant's terms included provisions that prevented future trials for treason. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, was arrested for treason and spent three years in prison at Fort Monroe. But Davis never went to trial on these treason charges.

After the Civil War, Grant served as the Secretary of War from August 12, 1867 to January 14, 1868.

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Answer 3

The importance of U.S. Grant was not the fact that he was the best general on the field, because numerous historians have noted that Lee was the best general. What made Grant so important was the fact that he followed Lincoln's instructions and did not stop pursuing the rebels. He used the size of the Union to his advantage and continued a relentless chase of Lee's army, no matter what the cost (lives or ammunition) Lee could not compete with the bigger and better equipped Army of the Potomac. Grant also employed Total Warfare in the South using his second in command Sherman to destroy anything in his path in the Southern interior. Lincoln commanded Grant to continue to pressure Lee no matter the cost and Grant followed the order to the T. If he would not have then Lincoln would have fired him like the long line of generals before him (McClellan, Meade, and Hooker to name a few)

Answer 4

He was the the Northern "general-in-chief" at the end of the war.

Answer 5

He was important because he was appointed by Lincoln the commander of the union army the whole Civil War

Answer 6

Ulysses S. Grant was the commander of the Union troops. General Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate, surrendered to Grant at Appomattix Courthouse on April 9th, 1865.

Answer 7

He was a general.

Answer 8

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