<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UGrant waqeqesha abasebenzi abasebuthweni lezempi laseNyakatho futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba uColonel ngoJuni 1861. UMaj. Gen. John C. Frémont, owabheka uGrant njengomuntu onentando yensimbi yokuwina, wamqoka ukuba abe ngumkhuzi wesifunda saseCairo. UGrant waduma ezweni lonke ngemuva kokuthatha iFort Donelson ngoFebhuwari ka-1862 futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yiMajor General nguMongameli u-Abraham Lincoln. Ngemva kochungechunge lwezimpi ezinqumayo kodwa ezibizayo nokunqoba eShilo  <response>: UGrant wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba nguLieutenant General nguMongameli uLincoln ngo-1864 futhi wanikezwa igunya lokulawula wonke amabutho e-Union. UGrant waqhubeka nokunqoba uRobert E. Lee ngemuva kolunye uchungechunge lwezimpi ezibizayo ku-Overland Campaign, Petersburg, nase-Appomattox. Ngemuva kweMpi Yombango, uGrant wanikezwa ukukhushulwa kwakhe kokugcina kukaJenene Wamabutho Ahlomile ngo-1866 futhi wakhonza kwaze kwaba ngu-1869. Ukuthandwa kukaGrant njengomholi wempi yeNhlangano kwamenza wakwazi ukukhethwa kabili njengoMongameli we-18 wase-United States. 