The Complete State of the Union Addresses of Ulysses S. Grant

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The biography highlights Ulysses S. Grant's pivotal role as a Union general during the American Civil War, emphasizing his early victories at Forts Henry and Donelson in 1862. It details his strategic brilliance in the Vicksburg campaign, which, alongside the Union's success at Gettysburg, shifted the war's momentum. Appointed as the commanding general of Federal armies in 1864, Grant executed a comprehensive strategy of simultaneous assaults to cripple the Confederacy's war efforts, ultimately leading to his prominence as the eighteenth President of the United States.