Ulysses S. Grant was given command of the Union Army by
President Abraham Lincoln for his victories in Donaldson, Shiloh, Vicksburg and
Chattanooga. He fought a war of
attrition inflicting heavy casualties on Confederate forces commanded by
General Robert E. until he finally trapped Lee at Petersburg. With General Sherman destroying the South and
Grant keeping him pinned at Petersburg, Lee eventually surrendered and the War
came to an end in 1865. Grant had many
great qualities as a general. Lincoln
had faith in him because Grant was a fighter.
John Fremont called Grant a man of iron will. One of the great qualities of Ulysses Grant
was that he was very calm in times of crisis.
He would look over a situation and take the necessary actions to resolve
it.
