Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant advanced from cadet at the U.S. Military Academy in 1839 to brevet second lieutenant in the 4th Infantry on July 1, 1843, second lieutenant in the 7th Infantry on September 30, 1845, transfer to the 4th Infantry on November 15, 1845, first lieutenant on September 16, 1847, captain on August 5, 1853, colonel of the 21st Illinois Infantry on June 28, 1861, brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers on May 17, 1861, major general of volunteers on February 16, 1862, major general in the U.S. Army on July 4, 1863, lieutenant general on March 2, 1864, commander-in-chief of the Army from March 12, 1864, to March 4, 1869, and general on July 25, 1866.

Mississippi · United States