'But I won't go,' I said. Total profits to the Grant family may have reached $450,000. Later in November, Sherman began his March to the Sea. There was a painfully sad look upon the general's face, and he did not speak for some time. At the close of the war, Grant's company was sent to Oregon. Grant writing his memoirs.In 1881, Grant purchased a house in New York City and placed almost all of his financial assets into an investment banking partnership with Ferdinand Ward, as suggested by Grant's son Buck (Ulysses, Jr.), who was having success on Wall Street. Presidential historians typically rank Grant in the lowest quartile of U.S. presidents for his tolerance of corruption, but in recent years his reputation has improved among some scholars impressed by his support for civil rights for African Americans. In His Own Words:"In my early days, every one labored more or less, in the region where my youth was spent, and more in proportion to their private means. The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House lasted 14 days. That morning the Confederates were pushed back on the ground that they had fought so hard to win the day before. Grant's willingness to fight and ability to win impressed President Lincoln, who appointed him lieutenant general in the regular army—a rank not awarded since George Washington (or Winfield Scott's brevet appointment), recently re-authorized by the U.S. Congress with Grant in mind—on March 2, 1864. Lt. Col. Robert C. Buchanan, found him drunk on duty as a pay officer and offered him the choice between resignation or court-martial. Neither Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander, nor Albert S. Johnston, the Confederate commander, could possibly know what this day would hold. President Grant with his wife, Julia, and son, Jesse, in 1872.The first scandal to taint the Grant administration was Black Friday, a gold-speculation financial crisis in September 1869, set up by Wall Street manipulators Jay Gould and James Fisk. Finally, on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Lee surrendered. Soon after completing the last page, in 1885, he died. Initially, Grant was to command the right wing (First Corps). He went to West Point rather, against his will and graduated in the middle of his class. Indeed he brought part of his Army staff to the White House. Grant wired his superior General H.W. In February 1862 he took Fort Henry and attacked Fort Donelson. July 4, 1863, Surrender of Vicksburg - Grant's tour de force as a General, one of greatest military campaigns in history. Desperate for generals who could fight and win, Lincoln promoted him to major general of volunteers. Unsuccessful in winning the nomination for a third term in 1880, left destitute by bad investments, and near the brink of death, Grant wrote his Memoirs, which were enormously successful among veterans, the public, and the critics. Under pro-Confederate Governor Claiborne Jackson, Missouri had declared it was an armed neutral in the conflict and would attack troops from either side entering the state. Ulysses was the eighteenth president of the United States. The first law that he signed, in March 1869, established the value of the greenback currency issued during the Civil War, pledging to redeem the bills in gold. Subsequently, however, Grant's 1863 victory at Vicksburg, following a long campaign with many initial setbacks, and his rescue of the besieged Union army at Chattanooga, established his reputation as Lincoln's most aggressive and successful general. The Confederates surrendered, and President Lincoln promoted Grant to major general of volunteers. According to Hooker, Grant said afterward, "Damn the battle! He gained a fearsome reputation in 1862 after the Battle of Shiloh, where his aggressive leadership helped seize Tennessee and Kentucky for the Union. In 1884, broke and dying of cancer, he wrote his memoirs. In addition, his image as a war hero was tarnished by corruption scandals during his presidency. He sought to win control of the Mississippi Valley. Grant later wrote, "Those ten weeks were shorter than one week at West Point."