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Full name is Hiram Ulysses Grant, Born in Point Pleasant, Ohio
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He started working for his dad at the age of 6, they worked on a farm together
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When he was 16 he went off to a military academy in the hope to serve war
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He graduated from U.S. Military Academy and went to war
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At the age of 24, Grant served under Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott in battle
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He was the first lieutenant of the Fourth Infantry
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Ulysses married Julia Grant and ended up having 4 kids
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His firstborn was Fredrick Dent Grant, he dies on April 11, 1912
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His name was Ulysses Simpson Grant, he died on September 25, 1929
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He left the army and went to work for his dad on a farm
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Her name was Ellen (Nellie), Wrenshell Grant, she died on August 30, 1922
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His name was Jesse Root Grant, he died on June 8, 1934
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commander of a company of Illinois volunteer
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He became a Major General, U.S. Volunteers
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He was general of the bloodiest battle of the time
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He battled in the Battle of Shiloh, he won this battle
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He was in the battle of Chattanooga, they won that battle by a long shot
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After the battle of Chattanooga, congress gave him a gold metal
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Siege of Richmond, was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia
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Commissioned lieutenant general, Commander-in-chief of U.S. Army
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Commissioned general of the army by Congress
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After being a general in battle, he became Secretary of War
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at age 51, he became president, he beat Horatio Seymour
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He got re-elected for president
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While he was president. he toured the world, went to all sorts of places
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In the fall, he fell and injured his hip, since on he walked with a cane
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He tried to become a banker, but failed and went broke
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Before he died, he wrote a book named Memoirs, When it was sold, it made over $500,000
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He was baptized as a methodist when he was 43
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He died at the age of 63 and died from throat cancer
