<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - ref Okuvelele phakathi kwalaba nguGrant, owafika okokuqala eGalena nomkakhe uJulia ngo-1860 ezosebenza esitolo somndeni sokusebenza ngesikhumba nesikhumba. Umakadebona weMpi yaseMexico naseMelika, uGrant wabizwa ukuba ayoqeqesha iqembu lamavolontiya akhuliswe eGalena lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yombango ngo-1861. Ngokusekelwa yilungu lengqungquthela lendawo u-Elihu B. Washburne, uGrant waba yinduna yokuqala yaseGalena lapho ethuthukiswa ngu-Abraham Lincoln ngoMeyi 17, 1861. UWashburne kamuva wakhonza isikhashana njengoNobhala Wezwe likaGrant wabe eseba nguNgqongqoshe eFrance. Ukunqoba EMissionary Ridge naseLookout Mountain  <response>: Kwaholela uLincoln ukuba athuthukise uGrant abe ngu-lieutenant general ngo-March 3, 1864, amnikeze igunya phezu kwawo wonke amabutho e-Union. 