"The South understood the portentous meaning of Grant's promotion to lieutenant general: the North would have a fearless, aggressive commander who would ferociously exploit the North's full resources in manpower and material...
Still his failure to pursue [Robert E.] Lee after Gettysburg revealed that [George] Meade was not a bold, enterprising leader in the mold of either Grant or Lee." - Grant by Ron Chernow
Ulysses S. Grant was the first person to hold that rank since George Washington. It wasn't lightly given.
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