Ulysses S.Grant: An Outstanding Military Figure and the Savior of the Civil War

Though some circles may make Ulysses S. Grant seem to be a drunkard and an anti-Semite, he was not. In reality Grant was an outstanding military figure, especially during the Civil War. One may ask, "how did President Lincoln's choice of Ulysses S. Grant to command the Union army change the outcome of the Civil War?" Though Grant led the Union in many battles that ended in defeat, he still pressed onward and the Union won the war. You can't keep a good man down, especially this one.
Before Ulysses S. Grant was the General in Chief on the Union army, he was a regular general. …