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  1. Oct 29, 2009 · Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) commanded the victorious Union army during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and served as the 18th U.S. president from 1869 to 1877.

  2. May 12, 2021 · Ulysses S. Grant was entrusted with the command of all U.S. armies in 1864 and relentlessly pursued the enemy during the Civil War. In 1869, at age 46, Grant became the youngest president in U.S ...

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  4. Apr 23, 2024 · Ulysses S. Grant, 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. He was later elected president in the first election after the Civil War.

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  5. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. When American Civil War hostilities broke out in April 1861, Ulysses S. Grant quickly rose up the Union ranks, advancing from recruitment officer to brigadier general by August of that year. In January 1862 he voiced his concerns about his force’s primarily ...

  6. May 13, 2020 · Grant’s predecessors in command of the Union Army were far more accomplished in military art and science. Winfield Scott, whose experience dated back to the War of 1812, had led the army since ...

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  7. Ulysses S. Grant began his military career as a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point 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 under generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.

  8. Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [b] 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.

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