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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.
Apr 16, 2020 · What follows below is a timeline of major events in Ulysses S. Grant's life. 1822. April 27 - Hiram Ulysses Grant is born at Pt. Pleasant, Ohio; the first child to Jesse Root and Hannah Simpson Grant. He is called Ulysses by the family. 1823.
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Nov 9, 2022 · A Timeline. Ulysses S. Grant was passionate about traveling and learning about new cultures. Grant traveled the world and visited almost every U.S. state during his lifetime. Technological developments throughout the nineteenth century in transportation--particularly steamboats and trains--made it possible for Grant to travel tens of thousands ...
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.
- Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S.
- Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
By Joan Waugh. Ulysses S. Grant is best known as the Union general who led the United States to victory over the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. As a two-term President, he is typically dismissed as weak and ineffective; historians have often ranked Grant's presidency near the bottom in American history.
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.
Though Grant’s forces had been depleted by more than half during the last year of the war, it was Lee who surrendered in 1865. After the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson named Grant Secretary of War over the newly reunited nation. In 1868, running against Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant was elected eighteenth President of the United States.
