<P> Grant trained Union military recruits and was promoted to Colonel in June 1861 . Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont , who viewed in Grant an `` iron will '' to win , appointed Grant to commander of the District of Cairo . Grant became famous around the nation after capturing Fort Donelson in February 1862 and was promoted to Major General by President Abraham Lincoln . After a series of decisive yet costly battles and victories at Shiloh , Vicksburg , and Chattanooga , Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General by President Lincoln in 1864 and given charge of all the Union Armies . Grant went on to defeat Robert E. Lee after another series of costly battles in the Overland Campaign , Petersburg , and Appomattox . After the Civil War , Grant was given his final promotion of General of the Armed Forces in 1866 and served until 1869 . Grant 's popularity as a Union war general enabled him to be elected two terms as the 18th President of the United States . </P>
<P> Grant trained Union military recruits and was promoted to Colonel in June 1861 . Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont , who viewed in Grant an `` iron will '' to win , appointed Grant to commander of the District of Cairo . Grant became famous around the nation after capturing Fort Donelson in February 1862 and was promoted to Major General by President Abraham Lincoln . After a series of decisive yet costly battles and victories at Shiloh , Vicksburg , and Chattanooga , Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General by President Lincoln in 1864 and given charge of all the Union Armies . Grant went on to defeat Robert E. Lee after another series of costly battles in the Overland Campaign , Petersburg , and Appomattox . After the Civil War , Grant was given his final promotion of General of the Armed Forces in 1866 and served until 1869 . Grant 's popularity as a Union war general enabled him to be elected two terms as the 18th President of the United States . </P>
when did grant take charge of the union army
when did grant take charge of the union army
1864
1864