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Alternative Title: Hiram Ulysses Grant
Learn how Civil War vet Ulysses Grant won the presidency but struggled with a country amid Reconstruction
An overview of Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses S. Grant, original name
Hiram Ulysses Grant, (born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S. died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New York), U.S. general, commander of the Union armies during the late years (1864–65) of the American Civil War, and 18th president of the United States (1869–77).
Key events in the life of Ulysses S. Grant.
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How did Ulysses S. Grant affect the outcome of the American Civil War?
City charter
The state legislature grants the village of Utica a city charter. Thus, on February 13th, Utica – population nearly 8,400 becomes the sixth city in the state … after New York (chartered as the city of New Amsterdam in 1653), Albany (1686), Hudson (1785), Schenectady (1798) and Troy (1816).
Utica’s boundaries are from the Bagg’s Square area on the north to the Oneida Square area on the south and from Third Avenue on the east to the York Street area on the west.
Utica will have four wards. The First Ward will be on the northeast corner, the Second Ward on the northwest corner, the Third Ward on the southwest corner and the Fourth Ward on the southeast corner. In March, an election will be held to choose three aldermen from each ward. The 12 aldermen will make up the Common Council and elect the city’s first mayor.
Learn how Civil War vet Ulysses Grant won the presidency but struggled with a country amid Reconstruction
An overview of Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses S. Grant, original name
Hiram Ulysses Grant, (born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S. died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New York), U.S. general, commander of the Union armies during the late years (1864–65) of the American Civil War, and 18th president of the United States (1869–77).
Key events in the life of Ulysses S. Grant.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
How did Ulysses S. Grant affect the outcome of the American Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant achieved two major Union victories early in the war. He later became commander of all Union forces after seizing Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grant ordered Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman to take Atlanta in the South while he personally marched on the Confederate army in Virginia. Grant’s strategy defeated the Confederacy by 1865.