When the Civil War started what duty did Ulysses Grant perform?
A. Recruit and train new troops.
B. Commander of the Illinois Brigade.
C. Army Cook.
D. He sat out the Civil War and did nothing.
Shortly after Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln put out a call for 75,000 militia volunteers. Grant helped recruit a company of volunteers and accompanied it to Springfield, the capital of Illinois. Grant accepted a position offered by Illinois Governor Richard Yates to recruit and train volunteers, which he accomplished with efficiency.