Ulysses S Grant

By JaylenMaye

  • Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant , Ohio

    The first child to Jesse Root and Hannah Simpson Grant. He is called Ulysses by his family.
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    Ulysses S Grant Life

  • Grant enters the U.S Military Academy at West Point

  • Grant serves in the U.S- Mexican War

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  • Grant & Julie

    Grant returns to St. Louis and marries Julia Dent at the Dent city home at 4th & Cerre.

  • Grant and Julie

    Ulysses & Julia are stationed at Detroit, then move to Sacketts Harbor in New York.

  • Julies Son

    Frederick Dent Grant is born in St. Louis, named after Julia's father.

  • Julie

    Grant is transferred to the West Coast. Julia is pregnant and cannot make the journey with him. She returns to White Haven after stopping at Grant's parents' home in Bethel, Ohio, where she gives birth to Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. on July 22.

  • During the Civil War, Grant gains the command of the Union armies

  • Souths Surrender

    Grant accepts the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia from Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattax Courthouse.

  • Grant is elected President

  • Grant supports the 15th amendment which gives slaves the right to vote

  • Grant is elected as a second term of presidency

  • Grant Retires

  • Cancer

    Grant is diagnosed with throat cancer

  • Grant dies in Mount McGregor, New York