The Influence Of Ulysses S. Grant In The Civil War

When you look around at the world today, we have so many rights. People of all race and gender have the right to vote. However, this wasn’t always the case. In 1800s America, the fight over slavery was more prominent than it ever had been before. The civil war sparked the start of an evolution, an evolution led by none other than Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was the most influential person in the Civil War because he assisted Abraham Lincoln, he led a large part of the western campaign/theater, and his armies helped win battles which in the end, led to the Union winning the war.
Everybody knows who Abraham Lincoln is, and how he contributed to America and the Civil War, but what people don’t know is that Ulysses S Grant actually assisted Lincoln quite a lot during the war. One way Grant assisted Lincoln was by leading reinforcements. For example, in 1863 at Chattanooga, the Union was losing significantly, until Lincoln decided to bring in reinforcements. Grant led these reinforcements, and later, they defeated the Confederates. Because of his hard work and great accomplishments, Lincoln made Grant the “general in chief of all Union armies.” This means that Grant led all of the Union armies, and led them to victory. Despite Grant not being a direct help to Lincoln here, Grant did ease worry and took on a very crucial job.

The Westen Campaign, in this case, was when Grant and his Union armies traveled through Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee. The point of this movement was to stop Confederate armies all over the US, to overall weaken the Confederate army. During the campaign, Grant was able to get over 20,000 people to join the Union and help fight. By fighting, Grant wanted to split the Confederacy in half, by winning Mississippi Valley. They were able to successfully do this by fighting the Confederate armies, and forcing some of them to retreat or move