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=Ulysses Grant=



Ulysses Grant was born on April 22, 1822 in the town of Point Pleasant, Ohio. His birth name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. When Ulysses Grant went to West Point, he was registered as Ulysses Simpson Grant. This was how he became known as Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses Grant graduated from West Point in 1843. Grant later served under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War. When Ulysses Grant began to serve in the Civil War he started off as a Colonel. After starting as a Colonel he was later promoted to Brigadier General. After capturing two forts, he was finally promoted to Major General. Abraham Lincoln gave Ulysses Grant control over all of the Union armies. Ulysses Grant helped to end the war by getting Robert E. Lee to surrender at Appomattix Courthouse. Ulysses Grant married Julia Boggs Dent in 1848 and they had four children. After Grant finished serving in the Civil War, he was chosen as the Republican Candidate and later elected the 18th president of the United States. During the two terms that he served as president there were many scandals including the Whiskey Ring scandal. When Grant finished his two terms as president, he wrote __Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant__. While he was writing this he found out that he had throat cancer. After his book was published, his family recieved $450,000. Ulysses Grant died shortly after finishing his book on July 23, 1885.


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