that icon in american history. >> at the beginning of civil war there is a desperation for officers. they are taking a tiny warmer and they are expanding it to a continentalnary. army. he gets to a good size unit. >> he rose through the ranks while union general in east foundered against elee. grant won battles out west. president lincoln summoned grant east to finish off lee, that grant did. >> grant embarked on the campaign one of bold quick pursuits in military history that winds of trapping lee at the courthouse. and securing his surrender in april 9, 1865.