Hiram Ulysses Grant |
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Ulysses S Grant was the child of Jesse & Hannah Grant. He was
born April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. But his parents
waited six weeks before they found a the name Hiram (you will see later
that he wished they would have put a little more thought in it.)
He had five siblings Samuel Simpson, Clara, Virginia Paine,
Orville Lynch, and Mary Frances. He didn't have much schooling
in his life before he decided to go to West Point. He always loved
horses when he was a kid and it helped him out when he went to West Point,
and ended up being the best horse rider in the academy. Grant was
not a very popular person in his class, but that changed after the Civil
War. He was the oldest son so his father sent him to a seminary when
he was fifteen. Grant was an outstanding military leader as well as the
eighteenth president of the United Sates of America from 1869-1877.
Grant wrote a book called Memoir and the book was widely regarded as one of the great books written in the English language. He was a man of deeper emotions than he showed. He had just as much ambition, passion, and vanity as anyone but had the ability as anyone but he had the power of concealing it all. Grant wasn't a man of "good luck", fortune, or luck like people think. He was a wonderful man in his resources. Grant was a very accurate observer, a careful listener and he had the facts before he made up his mind so he didn't do anything stupid. He believed everything he said and did and didn't hesitate on the decisions he made. He was so fast at making decisions when officers giving Grant information could barely finish his sentence before he Grant gave orders. Grant was an outstanding military figure and a savior of the Union during the Civil War. He was also the eighteenth president of the United States of America from 1869-77. Grant is one of the most well known people of our time. He got recognized by the public for all the great things that he had done in his lifetime.
When Grant died July 23, 1885 of throat cancer, his reputation as a general was etched into the pantheon of Great American military leaders. With the rise of the "Lost Cause" mentality which has made a culture in our generation. Grant's fortunes dipped to at a great low and almost perfect skill as a battlefield General were obscured by tales of his drinking |
If you want to see Grant's war page click on photo. |
| If want to see one of Grant's most famous speeches click here. | If you want to see our bibliography click here. |
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