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, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga, Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General by President Lincoln in 1864 and given charge of all the Union Armies. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> After the Civil War, Grant was given his final promotion of General of the Armed Forces in 1866 and served until 1869. Popularity of Grant as a Union war general enabled him to be elected two terms as the 18th President of the United States.<unk> Grant's popularity as a Union war general enabled him to be elected two terms as the 18th President of the United States.