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Ulysses S. Grant is born in Point Pleasant, Ohio to his parents, Jesse and Hannah Grant.
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Grant is schooled at subscription schools located in Georgetown, Ohio.
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Grant graduates from the West Point military academy.
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Grant serves as a quartermaster, or overseer for the conveyance of supplies, in the Mexican-American War, first under Gen. Zachary Taylor and then under Gen. Winfield Scott, through whom he acquired brilliant military strategies.
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Grant marries Julia Dent, who was born in 1826 and later died in 1902.
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Grant resigns from the military to be with his family.
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Grant becomes the colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteers after the Civil War commences.
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Grant fights his first battle as a general, the Battle of Belmont.
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Grant conquers Vicksburg, his greatest achievement thus far, using brilliant tactics.
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The current president of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln, declares that Grant is the general-in-chief of all American armies.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War.
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Grant serves as 18th President of the United States of America.
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Grant falls while walking and receives a severe hip injury. Then, he falls on his side. He uses crutches or a cane until death.
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Grant, who had a throat illness, is diagnosed with cancer.
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Grant finishes his memoirs, which will later sell 300,000 copies.
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Grant dies at 8:06 AM in his home.