so what role did grant p so what role did future army general and u.s. president ulysses s. grant play in the mexican-american war? the answer is, a, quartermaster. grant was in charge of ulyssess. grant play? the answer is a, quarter master. in birmingham, alabama, patrick martin is eagerly awaiting the strangest appraisal of his inheritance. a map of the new state of texas. the value is $80,000. if he s right, that go a long way to wiping out the debt patrick has run up since retiring after quintuple bypass surgery. although the map meant a lot to me wheb you put a dollar value on it that can change your financial base, you re thinking, i can get rid of this debt. but you don t want to buy into it yet. after all, patrick knows his map hasn t exactly been treated like a museum exhibit and its