A major event in United States history, that shaped the way our country is today, was the American Civil War (1861-1865). Some of the people that played a huge role in the war include, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and President Abraham Lincoln. The Civil War was a fight between the Union army (the North) and the Confederate army (the South) about whether or not slavery should be practiced in the United States. Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman played key roles in the North’s victory over the South. Grant and Sherman were both generals of the Union army during the civil war. Before the war however, things were not going too well for these two men. Grant had to resign from the army due to his drinking problem, and
