Who was the team that ended the civil war?

Answer 1

In battlefield terms, Grant and Sherman - greatly helped by Abraham Lincoln, who had learned to choose and use good Generals in the second half of the war.

Victory was achieved by Grant ending the system of prisoner-exchange, and basically waiting for the Confederates to run out of manpower, making sure that Lee was pinned-down and unable to carry out any of his famous bold thrusts.

Meanwhile Sherman attacked the infrastructure of the Confederacy, burning farms and wrecking railroads, to bring the Southern economy to its knees and help to starve the Confederate troops in the field. This shortened the war by months, at almost nil casualties.