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Born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.
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Hiram Ulysses Grant had to change his name when he was put into USMA a Military Academy at West Point, New York. Congressman Thomas L. Hamer thought that his name was Ulysses Simpson Grant instad of Hiram Ulysses Grant, so when Hiram tryed to change back his name they wouldn't allow it. If Hiram wantedto stay in USMA, he would have to change his name.
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Lasted for about 2 years.
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Grant marries Julia Boggs Dent, the daughter of a prominent Missouri slave plantation family.
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First son of the President Ulysses S. Grant.
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Second son of President Ulysses S. Grant.
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Only daughter of President Ulysses S. Grant.
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Youngest son of President Ulysses S. Grant.
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Even though the ending of the Civil War was officially Arpil 9 1865, the last shot was fired on June 22, 1865.
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This battle was the first for General Ulysses S. Grant, in the Civil war.
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Lasted only two days, but was one of the bloodiest encounters of the Civil War.
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This gave comand of the Mississippi River over to the Union Army.
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Not exact dates, but right months...
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After yet another victory for the Union Army at the Battle of Chattanooga, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, promoted Ulysses S. Grant to Lieutenant General and gave him charge of all of the Union Armies.
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He was only the General for the Union from March 9, 1864 - April 9, 1865. The rest of his time being a general was after he was ranked General of the Army of the United States by the Congress.
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Right months... not exact dates...
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Series of bsttles around Petersburg, Virginia.
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The last battles of the Civil War... the victory of the Unoin Army!
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His Vice Presidents were first Schuyler Colfax and then Henry Wilson.
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Grant finished writing his memoirs while he had cancer and was too weak to even walk!
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Died in Wilton, New York, at the age of 63.
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Died at the age of 76.
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Died at the age of 62.
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Died at the age of 67.
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Died at the age of 77.
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Died at the age of 76.
