6/19/2023 0 Comments Simon bolivar nicknameGrant directed Sherman to drive through the South while he himself, with the Army of the Potomac, pinned down Gen. Lincoln appointed him General in Chief in March 1864. Grant maneuvered and fought skillfully winning Vicksburg, the key city on the Mississippi, and breaking the Confederate hold on Chattanooga. President Lincoln believed in Grant and refused to remove him from command, saying "I can't spare this man–he fights." His next major objective would cut the Confederacy in two. Grant fought one of the bloodiest battles in the West at Shiloh, but it was not the decisive victory that the Union wanted. Grant's leadership was rewarded and by September 1861 he had risen to the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers. At the beginning of the Civil War, he was working in his father's leather store but took command of a volunteer regiment. Grant went to West Point, graduating in the middle of his class. The Battle of Fort Donelson earned Grant the nickname “Unconditional Surrender Grant.” When Buckner asked for terms, Grant replied, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted." The Confederates surrendered, and President Lincoln promoted Grant to Major General of Volunteers. It was the North’s first major victory of the Civil War, opening the way into the very heart of the Confederacy. The unconditional surrender created jubilation throughout the North and shock in Dixie. On February 16, 1862, General Buckner surrendered Fort Donelson.
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