Ulysses S. Grant, Military Leader of the Civil War

Elizabeth D. Samet is the editor of The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. Her books include No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America. She is professor of English at West Point.&nbsp;

Elizabeth D. Samet

Elizabeth D. Samet is the editor of The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. Her books include No Man&#8217;s Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America. She is professor of English at West Point.&nbsp;

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Elizabeth D. Samet is the editor of The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. Her books include No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America. She is professor of English at West Point.&nbsp;

America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

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The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins.

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