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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [a] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865.
Oct 19, 2024 · Ulysses S. Grant was an American general, Union army commander during the late years of the American Civil War, and 18th president of the United States. It was under his command that the Civil War was brought to an end with a Union victory.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association has received $1,445,698 in NEH funding to prepare The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. The association was awarded its first grant for the project in 1983. Thirty-two volumes of Grant’s letters, speeches, and dispatches have been completed, and work on the final volumes is underway.
Oct 29, 2009 · Ulysses Grant’s Early Years . Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The following year, he moved with his parents, Jesse Grant (1794-1873) and Hannah Simpson ...
Oct 17, 2024 · Who is buried in Grant’s tomb? A general with the Army’s highest rank. Ulysses S. Grant, who has been dead for 139 years, has finally received the promotion long sought by his admirers.
May 12, 2021 · Ulysses S. Grant served as U.S. general and commander of the Union armies during the late years of the American Civil War, later becoming the 18th U.S. president.
Ulysses S. Grant was a West Point graduate who had no real ambition to be in the military: he wanted to be a teacher. Nonetheless, he served with distinction in the Mexican-American War. He resigned from the Army during peacetime but reenlisted during the Civil War. Following a series of victories, Grant was brought east by Lincoln to command the Union armies. His unrelenting campaign against ...
In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of ...
Ulysses Grant was immensely popular during his lifetime, but, for a time, was considered a butcher general and a corrupt president. He was regularly ranked at the bottom of all American presidents. He is today considered one of the most significant people in American history.
President Grant sent federal troops to the South to enforce civil rights legislation and protect African Americans from civil and political violence.
