Finding Paragragh #1

I have learned alot these past few weeks while researching my topic. One of my questions were, "Did General Grant's lack of leadership hurt the Union? Why?" After some research, I found out that he did indeed lack some political experience and the discipline of his soliders. He went to West Point in 1839, but with no military ambition. Despite being morally opposed to the war, he fought with distinction and innovation in the US-Mexico wars, for example by bombarding Mexican positions from a church tower. He resigned commission in 1854 to be with his wife, but was no good at farming and joined the family tanning business. In 1860, with the election of Lincoln, the Southern states seceded. Grant started by drilling local volunteers then joined up again.