Last week we told you about the hobo existence that was the first 38 years of Ulysses S. Grant's life. Now if things had worked out differently he would have just drifted through life, aimless, maybe started a dumb history podcast, and then faded into the ether or historical nothingness. But instead, the Confederacy attacked the Union, the US Civil War happened, and this mild mannered drunk store clerk would go on to become a mild mannered drunk all time great of a General. This week we're telling you all about Grant's time in the Civil War and his meteoric rise to stardom. So grab a drink, settle in, and get ready for the second act that is this episode of Hundred Proof History titled Ulysses S Grant Part II: What's So Civil About War Anyway?