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    Ulysses S. Grant

    President of the United States from 1869 to 1877

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  1. 19 hours 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. As commanding general , Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war .

  2. 6 hours ago · The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, outside the United States Capitol. Grant loved horses—and was arrested for speeding in a horse-drawn carriage. (Library of Congress) (LOC) On Thursday, former ...

  3. 4 days ago · The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant began on March 4, 1869, when Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as the 18th president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1877. The Reconstruction era took place during Grant's two terms of office.

  4. 3 days ago · On June 19, 1865, more than two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, which all but ended the Civil War, a U.S. Army officer arrived in Galveston, Texas, with two momentous announcements: the end of the Civil War (word traveled relatively slowly in those days) and, with it, the end to slavery.

  5. 1 day ago · That man was the most venerable Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Grant had travelled with his wife, daughter and three sons, on a whirlwind tour from Boston, with many stops along the way, including at ...

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  7. 1 day ago · Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army to victory during the American Civil War, becoming a national hero. Accusations of him being a drunk, however, dogged him for much of his military and political ...

  8. 4 days ago · Ulysses S. Grant, 1822 – 1885 (Civil War) No U.S. military man in history rose from such humble beginnings and abject failure to be so successful and world-renowned as did Hiram Ulysses Grant.

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