On the North’s side of the Civil war‚ there were many Generals who helped defeat the Confederate States‚ but Ulysses S. Grant may have been the most important general. Without his knowledge and skill‚ the North most likely wouldn’t have won the war. Before Grant was a general in the Civil War‚ he worked on his family’s farm as a teen. At age 17‚ he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point‚ New York. He graduates from West Point in 1843‚ at age 21. Here is where he learned his skills and knowledge
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Lee: The Gentlemen’s Gentleman Robert E. Lee was considered by many in the South and even by some in the North to be the epitome of what a gentleman should be. Ulysses S. Grant was the North’s answer to Lee. “They were two strong men‚ these oddly different generals‚ and they represented the strengths of two conflicting currents that‚ through them‚ had come into final collision” (429). He was even considered to be an aristocrat in many social circles. “Lee embodied the noblest elements of this
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May 31 - June 12‚ 1864 In the overland campaign of 1864‚ Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant with the Army of the Potomac battled General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia for six weeks across central Virginia. At the Wilderness‚ Spotsylvania‚ North Anna and Totopotomoy Creek‚ Lee repeatedly stalled‚ but failed to stop‚ Grant ’s southward progress toward Richmond. The next logical military objective for Grant was the crossroads styled by locals Old Cold Harbor. May 31‚ 1864
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east and Lookout Mountain to the south‚ Bragg soon commanded the approaches to the city and placed the Union troops under siege. With the situation worsening‚ President Lincoln made the Military Division of the Mississippi and placed Major General Ulysses S. Grant in command of all Union armies in the West. Moving quickly‚ Grant relieved Rosecrans‚ replacing him with Major General George H. Thomas‚ and engineer Major General William F. Smith to open a supply line to Chattanooga. After making a successful
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Part I Points Possible: 80 Of the following three questions‚ answer two of your choice. 1. Evaluate this statement: "The South did not lose the Civil War; the North won the conflict." Your answer should discuss the different war strategies of the two sides‚ the political and military leadership of North and South‚ and ways in which both sides conducted the war from 1863 to 1865. It should also discuss political‚ social‚ and economic homefront issues that may have influenced the outcome of the war
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Around one hundred fifty years ago‚ two superior‚ enemy armies faced each other outside a crossroads town in Pennsylvania. Neither army’s commander planned to battle at Gettysburg‚ but the assault took on a life of its own as soldiers in blue and gray rushed to the noise of bullets whizzing past them. Here‚ the battle would last for three days‚ leaving approximately 7‚000 Americans dead and 30‚000 wounded. The “vain and bad-tempered” (“Killer”)‚ man Meade was ordered to take command of the Union
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In the 19th Century the Indian community faced harsh scrutiny. They were a misunderstood group of people who just like the blacks‚ wanted freedom and to be accepted in America. In 1869‚ Indians had thought their prayers had been answered when Ulysses S. Grant announced a new “Peace Policy” in the west. “In reality the [peace] policy rested on the belief that Americans had the right to dispossess Native peoples of their lands‚ take away freedoms‚ and send them to reservations‚ where missionaries
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After the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion‚ Tennessee adopted a new state constitution with a provision to disenfranchise free blacks. In 1835‚ Johnson won a seat in the Tennessee state legislature. He identified himself with the Democratic policies of Andrew Jackson‚ advocating for the poor and being opposed to non-essential government spending. He was also a strong anti-abolitionist and a promoter of states’ rights. In 1843‚ Johnson became the first Democrat from Tennessee to be elected to the United
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tribes.4 This act and the Peace policy were two of Grant’s greatest laws passed with the intention of creating peace with the Indians.6 Although the “American Indians experienced some of the worst massacres and grossest injustices in history while Ulysses S. Grant was in office”‚ Grant’s work with Native American relations is believed to be one of the greatest aspects of his
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A president has many duties to fulfill during his time in office‚ the president who not only fulfilled his duty but went above and beyond was Ulysses S. Grant. During Grant’s time in office‚ he made several major policies. The Fifteenth Amendment and Civil Rights Act‚ which Grant signed‚ further established rights for African American citizens in the United States. The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad during Grant’s presidency provided a major economic boost to America. Grant’s handling
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