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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?
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?
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.