Ulysses S Grant By MC Summary

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Ulysses S. Grant By MC

Summary • Ulysses S. Grant was the top union general in the civil war • He is credited with defeating Robert E. Lee and the confederate army • He became President in 1848 and was elected to a second term in 1852 • His picture is on the $50 bill

Early Days • Hiram Ulysses Grant was born April 27, 1822 in a small white house in Point Pleasant, Ohio. His parents were named Jesse and Hannah Grant • Growing up Ulysses became a very skilled horsemen and loved the outdoors

Early Days • Jesse ask his local to congressman to recommend Hiram Ulysses Grant to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point • The congressman submitted his name as Ulysses S. Grant instead of Hiram Ulysses Grant. He kept this name. This is how he became U. S. Grant • Grant met his future wife while at West Point. Her name was Julia Dent

Successes and Failures • Upon graduation from West Point, Grant was sent to Texas in 1845. • He fought in the Mexican American war and discovered that he had a nerve for battle • He returned from the west in 1848 and married Julia Dent • Grant was sent back to the west. Mrs. Grant stayed behind with their two children • Grant missed his wife and children and found it difficult to live on his army salary

Successes and Failures • He left the army and moved to Missouri • The Grants had four children • He tried farming, selling firewood and business. He was not very successful • Abraham Lincoln became President in 1860 • The civil war started in 1861 • Grant joined the Union army

The General • Grant was quickly made a brigadier general • He was a very successful commander that won several important battles. He became known for attacking the enemy • President Lincoln said of Grant: “I cannot spare this man. He fights”.

The General • Lincoln promoted Grant to lieutenant general - the first person to hold the rank since George Washington. • Grant was in charge of the entire union army and was ordered to defeat Robert E. Lee

The General • He pursued Lee and the Confederate army in a series of savage battles called the overland campaign • Lee finally surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia Lee surrenders to Grant Lee and Grant

The White House • Grant was very popular after wining the civil war • Andrew Johnson became President when Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865 • He did not run for reelection in 1848 • Grant ran for President and was elected as a popular war hero

The White House • As President, Grant attempted to help native Americans and African Americans in the south • His administration however is best known for scandal and the economic depression of 1873 • He remained popular and was elected to a second term

Life After the White House • After the white house, Grant and Julia went on a two year world tour that included Egypt and China • Grant than pursued a series of business ventures that were not successful and he was again penniless • He moved to New York and wrote his memoirs which were very successful Grant writing his memoirs

Life After the White House • He died on July 23, 1885 • He is buried at Grant’s tomb in New York city. Julia died in 1902 and is also buried at Grant’s tomb

Resources • Profiles of the Presidents, Ulysses S. Grant by Jean Kinney Williams • Pictures from Google images

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