“In war anything is better than indecision,” Ulysses S. Grant once told an If I am wrong, we shall soon find it out and can do the other thing. But wastes both time and money and may ruin everything.” As commanding general of the Union Army during the Civil War, Grant made key decisions that brought the North victory at a precarious time in the nation’s history. As part of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress has recognized the decisive commander and 18th U.S. president with a posthumous promotion to General of the Armies, an honor conferred only three times. Grant shares the Army’s highest rank with George Washington and John J. Pershing.
