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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4531803, member: 101855&quot;]This is one of two U.S. Grant tokens that were known to have been issued during the Civil War. Although Grant is known to history as the premier Union Civil War general, he did not enjoy that reputation for much of the war.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to the war, he had been drummed out of the service for excessive drinking and had failed in all of the civilian jobs he had tried. Despite successes at Forts Donelson and Henry, at a time when the war was going badly for the North, the leadership in the Union Army gave him little credit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grant finally made headlines when he took the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg, Mississippi at about the same time as the Union won the Battle of Gettysburg. It was during that period that die sinker, William Key, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania issued this piece in 1863. It was re-issued in 1868 when Grant ran for president.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122420[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1864 some Republicans were looking to replace Abraham Lincoln as the party’s presidential nominee. Some people floated Grant’s name and even went so far to have this campaign piece made. Grant made it plain that he would not be a candidate in 1864. He made that plain to Lincoln, and once “Honest Abe” was assured that Grant would not be a political rival, he appointed him to be the Lieutenant General of the Union Army.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122421[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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