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How Ulysses S. Grant Earned the Nickname 'Unconditional Surrender Grant'

With Grant only accepting a total Confederate surrender during the Battle of Fort Donelson, the Civil War changed its course — and gave the future president a new moniker.

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Key Figures of the Civil War

Kit Carson

Kit Carson

William Seward

William Seward

Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

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Ulysses S. Grant

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest

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Clara Barton

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Abraham Lincoln

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Jefferson Davis

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