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=__ Ulysses Grant __ =

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Union Brigadier General
= __ Beliefs __ =

 Radical Republican
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=__Growing Up__=
 * Ulysses Grant was born in 1822.
 * His father was an Ohio tanner.
 * He fought in the Mexican war growing up under General Zachary Taylor.

=__What Did He Do?__= > > =__Sources__=
 * His goal was to conquer the Mississippi Valley.
 * Ulysses Grant led a naval on two forts. One fort was Fort Henery, along the Tennessee River. The other fort was Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland.
 * On February 6, 1862, Ulysses Grant attacked Fort Henery. The fort surrenders.
 * On February 16, 1862, Ulysses Grant attacked Fort Donelson. This fort also surrenders.
 * Ulysses Grant hired General William Tecumseh Sherman to be in command at Pittsburgh Landing.
 * Ulysses Grant later won the battle at Vicksburg. Vicksburg was one of the major Mississippi Valley cities.
 * Ulysses Grant was named General-in-Chief in March 1864.
 * He also defeated General Robert E. Lee's Army on April 9, 1865. They were of Northern Virginia.
 * He was the Radical Republican president elect in 1868. He won this election.
 * When he became president, he brought along some of his army.
 * In 1872 he ran to be re-elected. He lost the election and went bankrupt. To keep up with his debts he wrote his recollections. He later died in Mount McGregor, New York, in 1885 of throat cancer.

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//**Paper Sources**//
The American Story: War Between Brothers By: The Editors of Time-Life Books