Grant, Ulysses S.
(b. April 27, 1822; d. July 23, 1885) General; eighteenth president of the United States (1869–1877).
Ulysses S. Grant was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, and became an office...
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Ulysses S. Grant
Born April 27, 1822
Point Pleasant, Ohio
Died July 23, 1885
Mount McGregor, New York
Union general who captured Vicksburg and defeated Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending t...
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Ulysses S. Grant
Born April 27, 1822Point Pleasant, Ohio
Died July 23, 1885Mount McGregor, New York
U.S. president, Civil War general
Ulysses S. Grant. The Library of Congress.
"The cou...
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"Let us have peace," declared Ulysses S. Grant in a letter in which he accepted the Republican Party nomination for president. The Civil War (1861-65) had ended four years earlier. Outgoing president ...
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Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885), having led the Northern armies to victory in the Civil War, was elected eighteenth president of the United States.As a general in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant pos...
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Table Of Contents
I. Childhood
A. Parents
B. First Home
C. Early Years
II. School/Marriage
A. Military Training
B. Marriage/Home
C. Early Military Career
III. Civil War
A. Ear...
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Ulysses S. Grant, S. meaning nothing, had a not so exciting early life.But being sharp as a knife he had plenty of education. He also had a ton of acomplishments. Then his life work, man in the mil...
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Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio.
Ulysses grew up loving horses. He loved riding, and taking care of them. His father
Jesse Root Grant was a tanner and mad...
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Fred Thompson, edging toward a presidential run, is giving up his day job playing a prosecutor on the TV series "Law & Order."Thompson asked Wednesday to be released from the show after five se...
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Slain al-Qaida in Iraq chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a "diabolically brilliant" war tactician, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, likening the terror commander to Civil War generals Robert ...
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The Nasdaq Stock Market said Thursday it will close Tuesday as part of a national day of mourning to mark the funeral of President Gerald R. Ford. The New York Stock Exchange was yet to announce wh...
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain, comparing the U.S. effort in Iraq to military campaigns like the Normandy invasion, said Saturday the current plan is the only decent option.The Arizo...
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Question 1 of 10:The first African slaves were brought to the
USA
in 1501. When was the importation of slaves finally banned?150816081708
1808
Question 2 of 10:Slaves were promised freedom if the...
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Question 1 of 10:The war began when the pro-slavery Southern states broke away from the rest of the
USA
. This act was referred to as...?The JunctureThe Confederate Break
The Secession
The Dixie D...
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Today is Friday, April 27, the 117th day of 2007. There are 248 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 27, 1805, during the First Barbary War, an American-led force of Marines ...
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Today is Saturday, April 7, the 97th day of 2007. There are 268 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 7, 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confedera...
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Today is Friday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2007. There are 318 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 16, 1862, during the Civil War, some 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered...
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Grant, Ulysses S.
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant, Ulysses S.
President Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Comparison of Grant and Lee
Thompson won't be back on 'Law & Order'
