General Ulysses S. Grant's victories at the Battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign impressed Lincoln and made Grant a strong candidate to head the Union Army.

Union General Ulysses S. Grant's campaigns bore down on Lee in 1864 and 1865, and despite inflicting heavy casualties, Lee was unable to force back Grant.

Pillow ordered Confederate troops back into the fort, relinquished command to General Buckner who surrendered to Grant's Army the following day.

According to biographer McFeely, this discontent may have been responsible for Grant's ill-considered issuance of General Orders No. 11 on December 17, 1862.

Grant's fame increased throughout the country, and he was promoted to Lieutenant General, a position that had previously been given to George Washington and given to Winfield Scott as a brevet promotion.

In a letter, published after the election, Grant sought to unequivocally distance himself from General Orders No. 11: " Grant's self-serving explanation ", notes Jonathan Sarna, " did not actually bear close scrutiny ," but Jews nonetheless generously accepted his attempt at self-extrication: " I have no prejudice against sect or race, but want each individual to be judged by his own merit.

Grant's two Attorney Generals Amos T. Akerman and George H. Williams, in addition to Solicitor General Benjamin Bristow, effectively prosecuted and shut down the Ku Klux Klan by 1872 through the use of the Force Acts passed by President Grant and Congress.

Following the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, Grant's army disengaged from Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army and moved to the southeast, attempting to lure Lee into battle under more favorable conditions.

During Union General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, Confederate troops under General George E. Pickett fought Union troops near Milford.

In 1862, during Union General Ulysses S. Grant's overland attempt to capture Vicksburg, the men in blue captured Water Valley, but were defeated in battle by the Confederates north of Coffeeville, and Grant was forced to withdraw.

In 1890, General Grant's birthplace was removed from its original location, and traveled by boat to be viewed by citizens, along various waterways.

When General William Tecumseh Sherman's XV Corps joined Grant's forces, however, the soldiers became lawless.

The Battle of Raymond was fought by Confederate and Union soldiers near Raymond on May 12, 1863 as part of General Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign during the Civil War.

Donop, Ewald's, and General Grant's troops pursued the American troops as they fought through the streets of Bound Brook.

Flint became General Ulysses S. Grant's personal bugler and was a witness to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender where he blew the final cease fire at the official ceremony that ended the Civil War on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox Court House.

Brigadier General Benjamin Prentiss and Colonel W. H. L. Wallace were also converged in the Sikeston area in preparation of Grant's attack at the Battle of Belmont.

When General Grant's forces broke through Richmond's defenses, Jefferson Davis ordered the destruction of Richmond's militarily significant supplies ; the resulting conflagration destroyed many – mainly commercial – buildings and some Southern warships docked on the James River.

Akerman, upon President Grant's appointment as his U. S. Attorney General, vigorously prosecuted the Klan in the South under the Enforcement Acts.

" Control of the strategically important and agriculturally rich Shenandoah Valley was a key element in General Grant's plans.

He held the rank of captain, serving in the last weeks of the American Civil War as part of General Ulysses S. Grant's immediate staff, a position which sharply minimized the likelihood that he would be involved in actual combat.

President Grant appointed General John Brooks Henderson ( a former U. S. Senator from Missouri ) to serve as special prosecutor in charge of the indictments and trials, but Grant eventually fired Gen. Henderson for challenging Grant's interference in the prosecutions.

** G. F. Hoar's brother Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar was an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, one of Ulysses S. Grant's Attorneys General, and a nominee to the U. S. Supreme Court.

The track " Baby Baby " ( written for Grant's newborn daughter, Millie, whose " six-week-old face was my inspiration ,") became a pop hit ( hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ), and Grant was established as a name in the mainstream music world.

He co-wrote Grant's No. 2 single " Every Heartbeat ".

" The question about Grant's Tomb became such a staple of the show that both Marx and Fenneman were shocked when one man got the question " wrong " by answering " No one ".

Though the record did not score any radio hits as big as " The Coloring Song " or " More Power to Ya ," the album was massively successful in the still-new world of Christian rock: It became the No. 1 Christian album in the country in February 1984, dislodging Amy Grant's Age to Age, which had held the top spot for more than a year.

On August 25, General Ewing authorized General Order No. 11 ( not to be confused with Grant's famous General Order of the same name ) evicting thousands of Missourians in four counties from their homes near the Kansas border.

No articles of impeachment were drawn up for Robeson, apparently due to Grant's second term was ending.

Grant's recording was named No. 326 on the RIAA's list of 365 Songs of the Century in 2001.

The fine old mansions of U.S. Grant's old home town of Galena, Ill. are open for inspection ( Sept. 23, 24 ).

In the spring of 1863, Lincoln was optimistic about upcoming campaigns to the point of thinking the end of the war could be near if a string of victories could be put together ; these plans included Hooker's attack on Lee north of Richmond, Rosecrans ' on Chattanooga, Grant's on Vicksburg, and a naval assault on Charleston.

Lincoln arranged for an intermediary to make inquiry into Grant's political intentions, and being assured that he had none, submitted to the Senate Grant's promotion to commander of the Union Army.

The high casualty figures of the Union alarmed the North ; Grant had lost a third of his army, and Lincoln asked what Grant's plans were, to which the general replied, " I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

Lincoln then made an extended visit to Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia.

Grant's move to Petersburg resulted in the obstruction of three railroads between Richmond and the South.

When Grant's spring campaigns turned into bloody stalemates and Union casualties mounted, the lack of military success wore heavily on the President's re-election prospects, and many Republicans across the country feared that Lincoln would be defeated.

Gen. Lloyd Tilghman surrendered the 94 remaining officers and men of his approximately 3, 000-man force which had not been sent to Fort Donelson before U. S. Grant's force could even take up their positions.

Johnston started his army in motion on April 3, 1862, intent on surprising Grant's force as soon as the next day, but they moved slowly due to their inexperience, bad roads and lack of adequate staff planning.

Johnston's army was finally in position within a mile or two of Grant's force, and undetected, by the evening of April 5, 1862.

The President thought his action could drive a wedge between Grant and the Republicans, and dampen Grant's presidential aspirations.

Over Grant's objection, Johnson removed generals Sheridan and Sickles for failing to follow his earlier orders to circumvent the Reconstruction acts.

Johnson notified Congress of War Secretary Stanton's suspension and Grant's interim appointment.

In his first and last speech in the Senate, Johnson spoke eloquently in opposition to Grant's military intervention between rival governments in Louisiana, when the gubernatorial election was disputed and Democratic supporters ousted the winning Republican side with armed force in New Orleans.

The head of NBC took notice of Grant's performance and called her manager to book her for her own Christmas special.

Grant's desire to widen her audience was frowned upon by the confines of the popular definitions of ministry at the time.

Heart in Motion is Grant's best-selling album, having sold over 5 million copies according to the RIAA.