The answer was true.
The early battles of the Civil War saw the North being beaten by the
South. Without a victory, the South would separate from the Union and slavery
would continue. When aggressive generals
like Ulysses Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman won victories for the Union, Lincoln
realized these were the men he needed to win the war. Both were intelligent and aggressive when
battling the enemy. It was through their
efforts that won the war for the Union.