Posted on Mar 9, 2016
Ulysses S. Grant: America's Second Three-Star General | HistoryNet
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March 9, 1864 – President Abraham Lincoln officially commissioned Ulysses S. Grant the first lieutenant general in the U.S. Army since George Washington. After leading Union victories in the West in 1862-63, Lincoln gave Grant supreme command of the Union forces with the revived rank of lieutenant general.
Ulysses S. Grant: America's Second Three-Star General | HistoryNet
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American History
Civil War
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Office of the President (POTUS)
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Great history here. I think Grant deserve to get the rank of LTG. He had proven his self in battle.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
Spot on and I'm sorry I'm all out of "Thumb's Up" for the day Leo - I owe you one!
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Grant was good he stop the pow exchange for that the confederates were going back into battle and the union guys home
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