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| ulysses s grant definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | union military commander who won victories when others had failed and defeated lee | 5 sets | |
| 2 | 0 | 4 sets | |
| 3 | commander of the union army who was nicknamed "unconditional surrender" | 3 sets | |
| 4 | an american general and the eighteenth president of the united states (1869–1877). he achieved international fame as the leading union general in the american civil war. | 3 sets | |
| 5 | union miliary leader who became president | 2 sets | |
| 6 | last commander to try and is perfect-doesnt hold back | 1 set | |
| 7 | union gen who led forces in the west; called a butcher by many for aggressive fighting | 1 set | |
| 8 | this man succeeded president johnson | 1 set | |
| 9 | general that commanded the union army, accepted lee's surrender | 1 set | |
| 10 | was the general in chief for the union army during the civil war. | 1 set | |
| 11 | classic example of how war can make a person. failed in life before the war in terms of business, profession etc: "war, for a man like ulysses grant, was the only situation in which he could truly connect to his country and countrymen and be at one with them and himself" (bill mcfeely) | 1 set | |
| 12 | new union general, won fort henry, fort donelson, lost shiloh | 1 set | |
| 13 | general of union | 1 set | |
| 14 | union army commander in the mississippi river valley, succeeding in cutting the confederacy in half after taking fort henry & donelson, battle of shiloh, then vicksburg mississippi. was given command in virginia in 1864-65, and drove robert e lee's c-fed army to surrender at apomattox. | 1 set | |
| 15 | union general. did well in february 1862 when he took fort henry and attacked fort donelson. not as successful at battle of shiloh however. he fought skillfully to win vicksburg, the key city on the mississippi, and thus cut the confederacy in two. this was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. with the loss of pemberton's army and this vital stronghold on the mississippi, the confederacy was effectively split in half. grant's successes in the west boosted his reputation, leading ultimately to his appointment as general-in-chief of the union armies. he famously pinned down robert lee with the army of potomac in april 1865. | 1 set | |
| 16 | in charge of union army, captured richmon, va and won civil war | 1 set | |
| 17 | re elected in 1872 defeats horrace greely | 1 set | |
| 18 | who won the election of 1868? | 1 set | |
| 19 | 18th president of united states and earlier commander of the union army in the civil war | 1 set | |
| 20 | unconditional surrender grant. he was a general at the time and was being spied on by lincoln's cabinet. they wanted to know what he was doing and what he was capable of doing. | 1 set | |
| 21 | served from 1869-1877, top union military hero, republican | 1 set | |
| 22 | union general | 1 set | |
| 23 | a war general | 1 set | |
| 24 | main union general who won the civil was also the 18th pres. | 1 set | |
| 25 | transcontinental railroad finished during his term | 1 set | |
| 26 | his term was full of scandals; his friends proved to be all crooks | 1 set | |
| 27 | union general, daring, split confederate territory | 1 set | |
| 28 | leader of union army during the civil war | 1 set | |
| 29 | gould and fisk attempt to corner the gold market | 1 set | |
| 30 | command of all union forces in east, idea of total war. fought in the battle of wildernesse, battle of spotsylvania, battle of cold harbor, (many many union soldiers are dying but grant insists to keep moving around), seige of petersburg | 1 set | |
| 31 | greatest union general | 1 set | |
| 32 | former union general who became president after johnson, though he wasn't a very good president. | 1 set | |
| 33 | former union general who became president after johnson, though he wasn't a very good president | 1 set | |
| 34 | 18th president, hero of civil war | 1 set | |
| 35 | commander of union army, 18th us president | 1 set | |
| 36 | western uion gen that won many western battles including shiloh | 1 set | |
| 37 | war hero pres after johnson | 1 set | |
| 38 | leader of the union troops | 1 set | |
| 39 | 1875 - whiskey ring scandal | 1 set | |
| 40 | in command of the western theater until his defeat at shiloh, then put in charge of the eastern theater. an improvisor who did not follow traditional war tactics | 1 set | |