Ulysses S Grant By rdelphi12 Apr 27, 1822 Ulysses S Grant Birth April 27th, 1822 He was born in Point Pleasant Ohio 1839 Ulysses S Grant joins the West Point Military Academy in 1839 1844 Ulysses S Grant Served in the Mexican American War 1844-1848 1848 Ulysses S Grant Got Married to Julia Dent in St Louis in 1848 1861 Ulysses S Grant Served in the Civil war as a Lt. in 1861 1865 Accepted surrender of confederate troops ending the war in 1865 1868 1868 Grant was elected as the 18th president 1870 Grant Supports the 15th Amendment which gives freed slave the right to vote in 1870 1872 Grant gets elected for a 2nd term as a president in 1872 1885 Sadly Grant passes away from Esophageal Caner in 1885
