Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869 1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War, capturing Vicksburg in 1863 and Richmond in 1865. He accepted the surrender of his Confederate opponent Robert E. Lee at Ulysses S. Grant - 18th President of the United States, 1869-1877 "Grant is the only president to have served two full consecutive terms between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson, and along with William McKinley is one of only two men between Jackson and Franklin Roosevelt to receive the majority of popular votes in two election s. The first inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant as the 18th President of the United States took place on March 4, 1869. The inauguration marked the commencement Van Buren was the first U.S. President born in the United States. The presidents preceding Van Buren were born in colonies that later became states. Van Buren was the first to be born after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Martin Van Buren was the first president of Dutch ancestry. He and his In the sixth of an eight part series on the Ohio presidents, the life of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his death on April 15, 1865. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery, he won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president The life and campaigns of General U.S. Grant:from boyhood to his inauguration as President of the United States:including an accurate account of Sherman's great march from Chattanooga to Washington and the final official reports of Sheridan, Meade, Sherman and Grant Full text of "The life of Ulysses S. Grant, ex-president of the United States and general of the United States army, comprising his early training, military career, presidential administrations, travels round the world, sufferings and death" See other formats Before his presidency, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civil War. Politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. And led the Vicksburg campaign, which gained control of the Mississippi River in 1863. Further information: Early life and career of Ulysses S. Grant The life and campaigns of general U.S. Grant, from boyhood to his inauguration as president of the United States. Front Cover. 1869. 0 Reviews The life and campaigns of General U. S. Grant:from boyhood to his inauguration as President of the United States:including an accurate account of Sherman's great march from Chattanooga to Washington and the final official reports of Sheridan, Meade, Sherman and Grant / (New York:G. A. Leavitt, 1869, c1868), P. C. Headley (page images Ulysses S. Grant, was the most acclaimed Union general during the American Civil War and was twice elected President. Grant began his military career as a cadet at the West Point military academy in 1839. After graduation he went on to serve with distinction as a lieutenant in the Mexican American War.Grant was a keen observer of the war and learned battle strategies serving The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 20 November 1,1869-October 31, Life of Ulysses S. Grant- his boyhood, campaigns, and services, military and civil (1868).pdf The life of Ulysses S. Grant, General United States Army (1868).pdf Personal recollections of President Abraham Lincoln, General Ulysses S. Service/branch, Seal of the United States Department of United States Grant was born in Chicago, as a grandson of President and General Ulysses S. Grant and educated in Austria, where his father was an American diplomat. Life and politics Commanding General of the United States Army, 1865 1869. The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th United States President Ulysses S. Grant.It sits at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue), below the west front of the United States Capitol. The President of the United States (informally referred to as "POTUS") is the head of state and head of government of the United States.The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The president is considered to be the world's most powerful political figure, as the leader of the only contemporary
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