Message of President Abraham Lincoln Nominating Ulysses S. Grant to Be Lieutenant General of the Army, 03/01/1864; Scope and content: On February 29, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Ulysses S. Grant for the rank of Lieutenant General. Grant had the distinction of being the first American to hold the rank since George Washington, with the possible exception of Winfield Scott, who earned the distinction in 1855 by Brevet.

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