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Grant, Ulysses Simpson

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1822–85, commander in chief of the Union army in the Civil War and 18th President (1869–77) of the United States, b. Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was originally named Hiram Ulysses Grant. Grant spent his youth in Georgetown, Ohio, was graduated from West Point in 1843, and served creditably in the Mexican War. He was forced to resign from the army in 1854 because of excessive drinking. Grant failed in attempts at farming and business, and was working as a clerk in the family leather store in Galena, Ill., when the Civil War broke out. He was commissioned colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteers, and in Aug., 1861, became a brigadier general of volunteers. Grant assumed command of the district of Cairo, Ill., in Sept. and fought his first battle, an indecisive affair at Belmont, Mo., on Nov. 9. In Feb., 1862, aided by Union gunboats, he captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland. This was the first major Union victory, and Lincoln at once made Grant a…
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US Civil War general and 18th US president (1869-77). He served in the Mexican War (1846-48) and the Civil War . He masterminded the Vicksburg Campaign (1862-63). In 1864, Abraham Lincoln gave him overall command of the Union forces. He co-ordinated the final campaigns and accepted the surrender of…
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Full text Article GRANT, ULYSSES S. (1822-1885)

From Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and People of Color in the Americas
U.S. general and eighteenth president of the United States (1869-1877 ) Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio, the son of a shopkeeper. His father was active in local politics as a Democrat, and the local congressman, Thomas Hamer, appointed Grant to the United States…
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Full text Article Grant, Ulysses S. (1822–1885)

From Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
A U.S. Civil War military hero, Grant became the eighteenth president of the United States in 1869 and served two terms until 1877. His foreign policy derived from his military experience. He sought territorial expansion to enhance national security and to resolve domestic issues. Grant selected an…
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Full text Article Grant, Ulysses S(impson) (1822–1885)

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
US Civil War general in chief for the Union and 18th president of the USA 1869–77. As a Republican president, he carried through a liberal Reconstruction policy in the South. He failed to suppress extensive political corruption within his own party and cabinet, which tarnished the reputation of his…
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Born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, on 27 April 1822 and named Hiram Ulysses, young Ulysses (as his father called him) grew up in nearby Georgetown, across the street from his father's tannery, and acquired an intense aversion to the stench of death. He attended local schools, did farm chores, and…
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Full text Article DUTY

From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
Straight is the line of DutyCurved is the line of BeautyFollow the first and thou shallt seeThe second ever following thee. Duty : That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. BIERCE, Ambrose The Enlarged Devil’s Dictionary (1967). The question is, had he not…
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Pres. Ulysses S. Grant (between 1870 and 1880).
Overview As a military commander who rose to the position of general in chief of the armies of the United States during the American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant helped preserve the Union and destroy slavery. In the last twenty years of his life he did what he could to define what victory meant, most…
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Full text Article Grant, Ulysses S.

From Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
As the Union's top general, Ulysses S. Grant led...
Also known as: Hiram Ulysses Grant (b. 1822–d. 1885) Union army general, 18th U.S. president A hero of the Civil War, but at best a mediocre president, Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, in 1843. After the turmoil of…
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Full text Article Grant, Ulysses Simpson

From Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters: 956 Confederate and Union Naval and Military Personnel, Contractors, Politicians, Officials, Steamboat Pilots and Others
Ulysses Simpson Grant (LC)
(April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, OH–July 23, 1885, NYC; AUS). The victorious commander of the Union army during the Civil War, and 18th president of the United States, graduated from the USMA in 1843, served in the Mexican War, and reached the rank of captain in 1847, but resigned on July 31, 1854, …
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As the Union's top general, Ulysses S. Grant led...
Also known as: Hiram Ulysses Grant (b. 1822–d. 1885) American general and president Ulysses S. Grant commanded the Union armies during the American Civil War and was the 18th president of the United States. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. When his paperwork…
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