Grant ulysses biography
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
General of the Army
United States Army
April 27, – July 23,
Ulysses S. Grant. Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
People, both past and present, have called General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant by many names, some fair and others not. Among them are hero, butcher, savior, and drunkard but perhaps the most accurate of all was the “American Sphinx.” Even for the people of Grant’s time, he was somewhat of a mystery. Thanks to the efforts of recent historians, Grant is much better understood today than when he was alive. The historical record reveals the story of a remarkable man who, through his intelligence, determination, iron will, and patriotism, helped lead the United States through one of the greatest times of crisis and chaos in the nation’s history. As general of the Army, he commanded hundreds of thousands of Soldiers during the Civil War, leading the Union Army to victory ov
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On April 27, , Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant’s father, Jesse, was a tanner and an abolitionist. Grant received an education from several private schools and later attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. After graduating in the mittpunkt of his class, Grant was stationed in Missouri where he visited with his former classmate and friend, Fred Dent. During the visit, Grant met Fred’s sister, Julia, and fell in love with her. In , they married and would go on to raise four children together.
After the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, Grant fought under General Zachary Taylor before resigning from the military in Julia, Ulysses, and their children moved back to her father’s plantation, White Haven, in Missouri. Grant became a plantation manager, overseeing the enslaved and free laborers while working alongside them. While there are no known documents or letters related to a bill of sale, Grant did emancipate a man named William Jones in
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant’s ancestors first came to America in , Englishman Mathew Grant landing in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Grant was always extremely proud of his forebears, but the most important individuals in his lineage were his mother and father.
His father Jesse spent part of his early years living in the home of the father of the famous abolitionist, John Brown. His quiet mother Hannah Simpson Grant came from Pennsylvania parents who were die-hard Jacksonian Democrats. The two married in June of , and their first born, Hiram Ulysses Grant, was born on April 27, It was only later when the congressman who nominated him for West Point erroneously recorded him as Ulysses S. Grant that he was able to shed the embarrassment of his true initials: H.U.G.
Grant’s father sent him to the United States Military Academy where he graduated 21st out of a class of 39, excelling in mathematics. The last year at West Point he roomed with Frederick Dent the son of a slave-hold