Ulysses S. Grant was a better general than he was a president. But by comparison to Barack Obama, his performance in the White House was stellar. Grant made mistakes, but he learned from his mistakes.
Ulysses S. Grant and Barack Obama: A study in opposites
April 9, 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia by Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant. After the war, Lee became the president of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, where he established the model for the modern American institution of higher learning. Grant was elected President in 1868 and reelected by an even wider margin in 1872.
