“and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the Army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.”
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877, and was the Commanding General of the Union Army, leading it to victory in the American Civil War in 1865.
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Born 27 April 1822 · Died 23 July 1885 · Q34836
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2026· 10 entries
“tired of the autumnal outbreaks in the South”
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“each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by U.S. authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.”
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“We have a government and laws and a flag, and they must all be sustained. There are but two parties now, Traitors and Patriots.”
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“the vice of intemperance (drunkenness) had not a little to do with my decision to resign.”
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WKRC: Ulysses S. Grant's remarkable rise from Greater Cincinnati to the White House
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WNYT.com: Grant Cottage in Wilton acquires flag that draped Ulysses S. Grant’s coffin
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Ulysses S. Grant's victory at Fort Donelson discussed
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The Post Star: President Grant
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GMA Network: DOF: PH secures ₱36.95B grant from US for stronger healthcare system
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2021· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant predicted that the next civil war would be "between patriotism and intelligence on one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other."” Correct Attribution.
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2016· 1 entry
“demonstrated a distinctive sense of humility, moral courage, and determination”
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2006· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Ulysses S. Grant once handed out an exploding cigar that paid off decades later.” Legend.
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1885· 10 entries
Died 1885-07-23.
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“Pete, let us have another game of brag, to recall the days that were so pleasant.”
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Dying of throat cancer, Grant wrote his memoirs, which were posthumously published and became a major critical and financial success
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“Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.”
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“Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. I look forward to an epoch when a court, recognized by all nations, will settle international differences, instead of keeping large standing armies as they do in Europe.”
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“I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.”
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“The will of the people is the best law.”
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“We are responsible for these things in his race. It is not fair to visit our faults upon him, let him alone.”
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“You must take it; I cannot live with anything in my possession that is not mine.”
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“Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both of our flanks at the same time. Go back to your command, and try to think what we are going to do ourselves, instead of what Lee is going to do.”
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1880· 1 entry
Was unsuccessful in obtaining the Republican nomination for a third term
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1877· 2 entries
Grant undertook a world tour, becoming the first president to circumnavigate the world
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“was never so happy in my life”
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1876· 1 entry
Grant dispatched troops to South Carolina to keep Republican Governor Daniel Henry Chamberlain in office
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1875· 4 entries
Grant proposed a constitutional amendment that limited religious indoctrination in public schools
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With Hawaii, incorporating its sugar industry into the U
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“see with indifference Union men or Republicans ostracized, persecuted, and murdered.”
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“arrangements to allow white persons to go into the Black Hills”
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1874· 2 entries
Grant signed into law the Poland Act, which made Mormon polygamists subject to trial in District Courts and limited Mormons on juries
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Grant gave a speech in Iowa before a reunion of veterans from the Army of the Tennessee in which he opposed appropriations for "the support of any sectarian school"; the word "sectarian" was understood to mean Catholic
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1873· 1 entry
But prior to the election of 1874, changed course and prosecuted the Klan
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1872· 1 entry
Grant stressed the importance of maintaining good relations between the U
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1871· 1 entry
Created the first Civil Service Commission
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1870· 4 entries
Sacked his appointed Minister to Great Britain, John Lothrop Motley, Sumner's friend and ally
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To the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Sumner, for ratification, but Sumner shelved the bills
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To enforce Reconstruction, Congress and Grant created the Justice Department that allowed the Attorney General and the new Solicitor General to prosecute the Klan
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Signed the Naturalization Act that gave foreign black people citizenship
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1869· 7 entries
Grant signed the Public Credit Act of 1869, which guaranteed bondholders would be repaid in "coin or its equivalent"
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Signed into law equal rights for black people, to serve on juries and hold office, in Washington D
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Grant was sworn in as president by Chief Justice Salmon P
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Career landmark: President of the United States (1869–1877).
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Grant initiated his plan to annex the Dominican Republic, then called Santo Domingo
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Was the settlement of the Alabama Claims, depredations caused to Union merchant ships by the Confederate warship CSS Alabama, built in a British shipyard in violation of neutrality rules
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“I will favor any course towards them which tends to their civilization, Christianization and ultimate citizenship.”
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1868· 1 entry
Career landmark: President-elect of the United States (1868–1869).
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1867· 2 entries
Overriding Johnson's veto, Congress passed the first of three Reconstruction Acts, using military officers to enforce the policy
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of War (1867–1868).
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1866· 2 entries
Congress promoted Grant to the newly created rank of General of the Army of the United States
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President Andrew Johnson promoted Grant to General of the Army
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1865· 4 entries
Grant was sent by Johnson on a fact-finding mission to the South, to counter a pending less favorable report by Senator Carl Schurz which reported that white people in the South harbored resentment of the North, and that
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Richard Taylor's Alabama army on May 4, and Kirby Smith's Texas army on May 26, ending the war
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Grant attended a cabinet meeting in Washington
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But instructed Elihu Washburne that for political purposes his legal residence remained in Galena, Illinois
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1864· 2 entries
Lincoln promoted Grant to lieutenant general, giving him command of all Union Armies
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Career landmark: Commanding General of the United States Army (1864–1869).
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1863· 3 entries
Grant was assigned to take command of the newly formed Division of the Mississippi, which comprised the Armies of the Ohio, the Tennessee, and the Cumberland
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Grant assumed overall command
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Led the Vicksburg campaign that gave Union forces control of the Mississippi River and dealt a major strategic blow to the Confederacy
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1862· 4 entries
Destroyed Grant's supply base and forced him to abandon his overland advance on Vicksburg
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Grant issued a controversial General Order No
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Grant captured Holly Springs and advanced to Corinth
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Before Grant's infantry even arrived
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1861· 3 entries
Lincoln removed Frémont from command, freeing Grant to attack Confederate soldiers encamped in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
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The American Civil War began when Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina
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Shortly after the Civil War began, Grant joined the Union Army
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1860· 1 entry
Because he lacked the residency requirement in Galena
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1858· 2 entries
Grant acquired a slave from his father-in-law, a thirty-five-year-old man named William Jones
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Grant rented out Hardscrabble and moved his family to Julia's father's 850-acre plantation
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1856· 1 entry
The Grants moved to land on Julia's father's farm, and built a home called "Hardscrabble" on Grant's Farm; Julia described it as an "unattractive cabin"
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1854· 2 entries
Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Robert C
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Aged 32, Grant entered civilian life without any money-making vocation to support his growing family
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1853· 1 entry
Grant was assigned to command Company F, 4th Infantry, at the newly constructed Fort Humboldt in California
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1847· 1 entry
Scott's army marched into the city; Mexico ceded the vast territory, including California, to the U
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1844· 1 entry
Grant accompanied Frederick Dent to Missouri and met his family, including Dent's sister Julia
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1843· 2 entries
Ranked 21st out of 39 in his class and was promoted the next day to brevet second lieutenant
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“there is much to dislike, but more to like.”
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1823· 1 entry
The family moved to Georgetown, Ohio, where five siblings were born: Simpson, Clara, Orvil, Jennie, and Mary
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1822· 1 entry
Born 1822-04-27.
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1821· 1 entry
And their first child, Hiram Ulysses Grant, was born on April 27, 1822
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