Which general later became the 18th President of the United States and was renowned as the leading Union general in the Civil War?

Which general later became the 18th President of the United States and was renowned as the leading Union general in the Civil War?

• A. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• B. Robert E. Lee
• C. Ulysses S. Grant
• D. Abraham Lincoln

Answer: (C)

Ulysses S. Grant is the figure who fits both parts of the clue. He rose to command the Union armies and became renowned as the leading Union general in the Civil War, directing decisive campaigns that helped win the war. His Vicksburg campaign secured control of the Mississippi River, a turning point for the Union, and after hard-fought campaigns culminating in the surrender at Appomattox Court House in 1865, the Confederacy surrendered. After the war, Grant served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. The other names were not the Union’s top general who later became president: Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee led Confederate forces, and Abraham Lincoln was the President, not a military commander.

Ulysses S. Grant is the figure who fits both parts of the clue. He rose to command the Union armies and became renowned as the leading Union general in the Civil War, directing decisive campaigns that helped win the war. His Vicksburg campaign secured control of the Mississippi River, a turning point for the Union, and after hard-fought campaigns culminating in the surrender at Appomattox Court House in 1865, the Confederacy surrendered. After the war, Grant served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. The other names were not the Union’s top general who later became president: Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee led Confederate forces, and Abraham Lincoln was the President, not a military commander.