Ulysses S. Grant, Commander Supreme of the Army of the Potomac and U.S. Forces during the Civil War
Authoring, Researching, Reporting, and other Work
YOUR ORDERS
READ ABOUT GENERAL GRANT'S ORDER FROM THE PRESIDENT   Grant's order from President Lincoln to "Hold on with a bulldog grip"   Click Here, read and do what the orders state on this introduction


ORDER: 1. Volunteer and enlist in the Union Army and be mustered by U.S. Grant into the 21st Illinois Volunteers at Mattoon, Illinois.    Click Here for "mustering" and Civil War Army organization
ORDER: 2. Study Grant's 21st Illinois Volunteers in Missouri--the Western Theater.  Click Here to learn of Grant's personal statement, (concerning fear and doubt at his first confrontation) " I kept right on."
ORDER: 3. Fight well and bravely and become an officer under U.S. Grant; the Congressional Medals of Honor:  Navy and Army.  Click Here
ORDER: 4. Read about the Cavalry and U.S. Grant and his horses    Click Here
ORDER: 5. Join in with Grant's Army of the Potomac and his plan for victory (early 1864)   Click Here
ORDER: 6.  Be with U.S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in the Appomattox Courthouse when the surrender and acceptance of Union terms occurred.  Click Here
ORDER: 7. Explain President Lincoln's order to General Grant:  " . . hold on with a bull dog grip, and chew and choke, as much as possible."  Click Here

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