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Simon B. Buckner
The commander of Fort Donelson and a former West Point friend of Grant.
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James Buchanan
President of the United States from 1857–1861. His weak leadership only delayed the Civil War and under him South Carolina seceded.
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Jim Fisk and Jay Gould
Two New York financiers who tried, with Grant's unknowing assistance, to corner the market on gold in 1869. They succeeded for a while but Grant caught on and ordered the Treasury to release enough gold to break the market, causing Black Friday, when small investors suffered from the drop in gold prices.
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Jesse R. Grant
Grant's father, owned a tannery and supported his son's ambitions. He did not believe Grant could be a businessman and urged him to stay in the military.
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Julia Dent Grant
Grant's wife and the daughter of a wealthy Missouri slaveholder. Julia's brother was Grant's roommate at West Point.
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Horace Greeley
A fiery New York abolitionist who ran unsuccessfully against Grant for President in 1872.
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Henry W. Halleck
The commanding Union general of the western theater and Grant's superior for the beginning of the war.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Reform-minded Republican president who succeeded Grant in 1877. Won the office after a disputed election where he beat Samuel Tilden in the electoral college by a single vote and lost the popular vote.
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Andrew Johnson
Vice president of the U.S. for Lincoln's second term, who ascended to the office upon Lincoln's assassination. Grant was always wary of the former wartime governor of Tennessee, although Johnson did ask Grant to fill in as interim Secretary of War. Johnson was saved from impeachment by the House by a single vote.
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Robert E. Lee
The West Point-educated Confederate commander, son of an aristocratic Virginia family. Eventually surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox.
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Abraham Lincoln
The Republican president throughout the Civil War. His election prompted the southern states to secede over his abolitionist sentiments.
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James Longstreet
One of Grant's closest friends, attended Grant's wedding, served with him in Mexico, eventually rose to be second-in-command of the Confederate Army.
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George B. McClellan
Repeated timid commander of the Union Army and Democratic candidate for president against Lincoln in 1864.
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George Meade
The commander at Gettysburg. Meade remained as commander of the Army of the Potomac under Grant for the duration of the war.
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Winfield Scott
Much revered commander of the U.S. Army at the outbreak of the Civil War, but considered too old to retain the post. Grant served under him in the Mexican War. Grant used Scott's tactics during his Vicksburg campaign.
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Philip Sheridan
The major cavalry leader of the Union Army.
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William T. Sherman
General under Grant in the western theater, eventually became one of his closest friends in the Army. Sherman led the now infamous "March to the Sea" across Georgia in 1864.
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Hannah Simpson
Grant's mother.
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Zachary Taylor
Taylor became president of the U.S. based on his fame in the Mexican War. He was Grant's first commander, and under Taylor's command Grant fought in his first battle.
