General Ulysses S. Grant, a United States War Hero during and after the Civil war. But
             Grant started the Civil War at his house, as a retired Captain who was in the audience of
             John Rawlins, as Rawlins said "I have favored every honorable compromise, but the day
             for compromise has passed. Only one course is left. We will stand by the flag of our
             country and appeal to the god of battle." Grant was stirred by this speech and went
             looking for volunteers. He assembled a hundred men and he was immediately chosen to be
             Captain. Grant saw that the Union needed experienced officers, and saw that
             inexperienced men were getting ranks as Colonel, Major, and Captain. He was able to
             attain a group of unruly men nick named "Governor Yates Hellion".
             In ten days, Grant turned his unruly band of men into a Disciplined Fighting Corps. He
             took his regiment on its first march to Quincy, Illinois, on the Mississippi River, from there
             they marched to Cairo, where the Ohio River flowed into the Mississippi. The Mississippi
             was a major artery that carried goods to and from the nations heartland. He came to the
             conclusion that whoever controlled the Mississippi would eventually win the war.
             On August 7, 1861, Grant received word that he had been commissioned a brigadier
             general. Before leaving Cairo, Grant offered John Rawlins a position of captain on his
             staff, and remained with his for the rest of his life. Eventually, Rawlins himself rose to the
             rank of brigadier general, the when Grant became the General of the Army, Rawlins
             became his chief of staff, a position that Grant had made for Rawlins.
             On September 5, 1861, Grant ordered boats to be manned, and embarked with two
             regiments, east to Paducah. They arrived at dawn on September 6, surprising the local
             inhabitants. The city was captured without firing a single shot. Grant had stopped the
             enemy and kept Kentucky from being overrun by the s...