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4 days ago · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
Jun 22, 2024 · Index to the content of the Ulysses S. Grant Information Center. Find material on nearly every aspect of Grant's life. Grant was highly adept in mathematics and hoped to make it his career.
Jun 22, 2024 · As the hero of the Civil War, and as President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant won international fame. Indeed, he was the most popular man on the planet in the 1860s to the 1880s. Few people today, however, know much about the personal side of him.
Jun 22, 2024 · His Tragic Death. Grant's Final Illness and Death. Chronology of the Last Five Years of Grant's Life. With much narrative and several links. Reflections on Grant's Tomb by Ulysses Grant Dietz.
3 days ago · Ulysses S. Grant started as a clerk in his family’s store at the beginning of the Civil War and quickly rose to the rank of commander of the entire Union Army. Today on The 21st, we’re discussing Grant’s life, including his time in Illinois, where he worked in his father’s leather goods business in Galena.
2 days ago · It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The fighting occurred in a wooded area near Locust Grove, Virginia, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Fredericksburg.
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