1. Ulysses S. Grant
Retired from the army after this war in 1854, he went bankrupt. ... Grant clearly had a military education that helped him to be successful as a person during war times but he understood that as a civilian he was not that successful. Instead of seeing the Civil war as a catastrophe, he saw it as the opportunity of his life, and rose as the military leader that the country needed for that specific difficult era in the United States history. ... Grant accepted General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, The war was over. ... S. economy to be a world leader coming back from the destructi...
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