Despite his reputation for rash decisions, brutal tactics, and interoperable behavior, Ulysses S. Grant was the only Union general who could win the war for Lincoln. Grant’s aggressive strategies, swift movements, and uncompromising battlefield attacks were praised in the North, feared in the South, and reviled by man of his own associates and staff. Although he remained popular with the public after. The war-even following a scandalous presidency- Grant’s fame was tarnished by a generation of historians. As a result, General Grant is, perhaps, one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood military leaders in our nation’s history.