<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: ref Ophambili phakathi kwalaba nguGrant, owafika okokuqala eGalena nomkakhe uJulia ngo-1860 ezosebenza esitolo somndeni sokufuya nokulungisa isikhumba. 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  <response>: INtaba iLookout yabangela ukuba uLincoln akhuthaze uGrant ukuba abe yi-lieutenant general ngoMashi 3, 1864, amnikeze umyalo wawo wonke amabutho e-Union. 