Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: &lt;/ref&gt; Ko te mea nui o enei ko Grant, i tae mai ki Galena me tana wahine a Julia i te tau 1860 ki te mahi i roto i te whare kiripuaki o te whanau me te toa hiako. He toa o te Pakanga Mexico-American, i karangahia a Grant ki te whakangungu i tetahi ope o nga kaitohutohu i whakaarahia i Galena i te wa i puta ai te Pakanga Taiao i te tau 1861. Na roto i te tautoko a te mema o te kaunihera a rohe a Elihu B. Washburne, ko Grant te rangatira tuatahi o Galena i te wa i whakatairangahia e Aperahama Lincoln i te Mei 17, 1861. I muri mai ka mahi a Washburne i tetahi wa poto hei Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga a Grant, katahi ka minita ki France. Ngā wikitoria i Missionary Ridge me
I akiaki a Lookout Mountain a Lincoln ki te whakatairanga i a Grant ki te rangatira rangatira i te Poutu-te-rangi 3, 1864, me te tuku i a ia ki te whakahau i nga ope taua katoa.