Blog #6: Grant and Lee

Before reading this excerpt, I knew very little about the Civil War. I obviously learned about it in grade school, but I have long since forgotten the majority of the information. I knew that the south supported slavery and the north didn’t. I also knew that there was a man named Ulysses Grant that was involved with the war.
However, I didn’t know how involved he was, who his opponent was, what kind of leader he was, or his greatest accomplishment. He was involved because he was a general for the North. His opposing general was Robert E. Lee, who represented the south. He was a strong-willed, self-reliant, look-to-the-future type of leader. His biggest accomplishment was the ability to turn war into peace and start America on the path toward reunion.