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Who was president Lincoln‘s first choice for commander of the union army

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On March 4, 1864, Lincoln signed this certificate making Ulysses S. Grant a lieutenant general, a rank previously held only by George Washington. Once in command of the union armies , Grant undertook a relentless and bloody campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.



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On March 4, 1864, Lincoln signed this certificate making Ulysses S.

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