Union Generals
General Ulysess S. Grant was born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant was a strong leader. Precise, accurate, mean, and hard.
General George G. Meade was the son of a surgeon, and born on December 3rd, 1826. In November, 1861 McClellan, was made commander of the Union Army. He developed a strategy to defeat the Confederate Army that included an army of 273,000 men. His plan was to invade Virginia from the sea and to seize Richmond and the other major cities in the South.