He inherited some of Hannah's Methodist piety and quiet nature. Grant was largely apolitical before the war but wrote, 'If I had ever had any political sympathies they would have been with the Whigs. I was raised in that school.' Colonel Grant and his 21st Regiment were transferred to Missouri to dislodge Confederate forces.On August 5, with Washburne's aid, Grant was appointed Brigadier General of volunteers. Major General John C. Frémont, Union commander of the West, passed over senior generals and appointed Grant commander of the District of Southeastern Missouri. On September 2, Grant arrived at Cairo, Illinois, assumed command by replacing Colonel Oglesby, and set up his headquarters to plan a campaign down the Mississippi, and up the Tennessee, and Cumberland rivers.