He was appointed General-in-Chief of the Union armies in March 1864, and took the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox in April 1865.
He was US President for two terms - 1869-1877.
Grant was the famous Civil War general who went on to become President.
Grant was a Civil War General and president.
General Lee and General Grant
At the beginning of the Civil War President Lincoln stated that the war was being fought to preserve the Union.
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.
he was kind
A leather shop clerk, then a Civil War General
Obviously, as Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederacy in the Civil War, he fought against the Union.
General Philip Sheridan fought as a Union general in the American Civil War
The Union Army only fought the Civil War!!
Emancipation (for slaves) is what President Lincoln hoped and fought for during the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant was a famous Northern general during the Civil War who went on to become President of the United States.