Responding to criticism of Grant after Shiloh, Lincoln had said, " I can't spare this man.

He obtained Congress's consent to reinstate for Grant the rank of Lieutenant General, which no officer had held since George Washington.

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.

Johnson's vintage independent streak put him very much at odds with professional military commanders, including Gen. Don Carlos Buell who left Nashville defenseless when he had to reinforce Grant at the Battle of Shiloh.

Grant has won six Grammy Awards, 25 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and had the first Christian album ever to go Platinum.

Hardly had Grant established herself as the " Queen of Christian Pop " when she changed directions to widen her fan base ( and hence her musical message ).

In Anita Richterman's column on May 9, 1975, several correspondents reported that they had heard the puzzle on the Bob Grant radio talk show on WMCA in New York City.

Three days later on March 10, the Vikings hired new head coach Bud Grant to replace Van Brocklin, who had resigned on February 11, 1967.

Payson and M. Donald Grant, who became the Mets ' chairman, had been the only Giants board members to vote against the Giants ' move to California.

More than any other president, Grant had to respond to Congressional investigations into financial corruption charges of all federal departments.

The " S ", according to Grant, did not " stand for anything ", though Hamer had used it to abbreviate his mother's maiden name.

The influence of Grant's family brought about the appointment to West Point, while Grant himself later recalled " a military life had no charms for me ".

Grant later recalled that his departure from West Point was of the happiest of his times, and that his intent had been to resign his commission after serving the minimum term of obligated duty.

He and Julia had four children: Frederick Dent Grant ; Ulysses S. " Buck " Grant, Jr .; Ellen Wrenshall " Nellie " Grant ; and Jesse Root Grant.

In 1853, Grant stated that the Native Americans were " harmless " and that they would be " peaceful " had they not been " put upon by the whites ".

In at least one case Grant had even naively allowed himself to be swindled by a partner.

The commanding officer at Fort Humbolt, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Buchanan, a strict disciplinarian, had reports that Grant was intoxicated off duty while seated at the pay officer's table.

Buchanan had previously warned Grant several times to stop the alleged binge drinking.

During this time, Grant also acquired a slave from Julia's father ; Julia herself had inherited four slaves.

The Union army, known as the Army of the Tennessee, under Grant had increased to 48, 894 men and was encamped on the western side of the Tennessee River.

Without admitting fault, Grant believed he had only complied with the instructions sent from Washington.

This order expelled Jews, as a class, from Grant's military district, in reaction to illicit activities of overly aggressive cotton traders in the Union camps, which Grant believed was interfering with military operations.

The group's manager, Peter Grant, believed that they would be better served by the big screen than by television, because he regarded the sound quality of the latter as unsatisfactory.

The " Liberal Republicans " of 1872 shared the same outlook except they were especially opposed to the corruption they saw around President Grant, and believed that the goals had been achieved so that the federal intervention could now end.

Beauregard believed that the battle was essentially won and his men could finish off Grant in the morning.

Opposition to the absorption of million of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe was especially strong among eugenicists such as scientists Madison Grant and Lothrop Stoddard, who believed in the " racial " superiority of Americans of Northern European descent as member of the " Nordic race ", and therefore demanded immigration restrictions to stop a " degeneration " of America's white racial " stock ".

Henry Adams, who believed that President Ulysses S. Grant had tolerated, encouraged, and perhaps even participated in corruption and swindles, attacked Grant in an 1870 article entitled The New York Gold Conspiracy.

All of these choices were rejected by either Grant or the War Department and, over the objection of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who believed him to be too young for such a high post, Sheridan took command in both roles at Harpers Ferry on August 7, 1864.

Akerman believed Grant would restore order and peace to the violence-plagued South.

Akerman believed Grant would respect the " rights of the laborer as a freeman, citizen and voter.

" Akerman supported Grant's renomination in 1872 and believed that Grant would continue to enforce anti-terrorist laws.

In January 1870, in order to gain support for the treaty, President Grant visited Sen. Sumner's Washington home and mistakenly believed that Sumner had given consent for the treaty.

Grant believed that the mineral resources on the island would be valuable to the United States, and that African Americans repressed in the South, would have a safe haven to migrate.

He and the U. S. Army commander, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, believed that the Civil War would end only if the Confederacy's strategic, economic, and psychological capacity for warfare were decisively broken.

President Grant believed the annexation of Santo Domingo would increase the United States mineral resources and alleviate the plight of racism against African Americans in the South.

Fish believed Senators would vote for annexation only if statehood was withdrawn ; however, President Grant refused this option.

Grant believed Sumner had in January 1870 stated support for the Santo Domingo treaty.

Many jingoists believed the United States needed to fight for the Cuban rebels and pressured the Grant Administration to take action.

President Grant believed that Fish was a good compromise choice between the rival factions of James G. Blaine and Roscoe Conkling.

Later in the year, Grant, Lee and Max Basch decided to move to London where they believed there were better prospects for the movement.

Grant and his supporters believed that the decision to leave the Labour Party was " a threat to forty years work ".

In 1876, when there was talk about a third term for President Grant, some Republicans turned to Waite as they believed he was a better presidential nominee for the Republican Party than the scandal-tainted Grant.