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he top Union commander at the end of the Civil War, Grant is famous for accepting Lee's surrender and going on to become a US president.
Timeline
Birth- 27/04/1822
Point Pleasant, OH
1846 - 1848Mexican-American War- Ages: 32 - 17 years
Service Start Date
1/01/1839
Branch
Army
Service End Date
1/01/1854
Conflict Period
Mexican-American War
Served For
United States of America
Marriage- 22/08/1848-Age: 26 years
Julia Boggs Dent Grant
White Haven plantation St Louis MO
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)- Ages: 47 - 39 years
Rank
General of the Army
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Service End Date
1/01/1869
Branch
Army
Service Start Date
1/01/1861
Served For
United States of America
Battle of Monterrey
Battle of Molino del Rey
8/09/1847
Battle of Palo Alto
8/05/1846
Siege of Veracruz
Battle of Resaca de la Palma
9/05/1846
Battle of Chapultepec
Battle of Shiloh
Chattanooga Campaign
1/11/1863
Overland Campaign
Battle of Fort Donelson
11/02/2016
Siege of Petersburg
Appomattox Campaign
Siege of Vicksburg
Employment: Employer
United States Government
Employment: Start Date
4/03/1869
Employment: End Date
4/03/1877
Employment: Position
18th President of the United States
Employment: Position
Clerk
Employment: End Date
1/01/1861
Employment: Place
Galena IL
Employment: Start Date
1/01/1860
Employment: End Date
1/01/1864
Employment: Start Date
1/01/1861
Physical Description: Height
5' 8"
Physical Description: Hair Color
Dark
Physical Description: Weight/Build
Average
Physical Description: Eye Color
Blue
Religion
Methodism
Occupation
18th President of the United States
Quote
Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
Employment: Position
Officer
Employment: Place
Mexico, California, Oregon
Employment: Start Date
1/01/1847
Employment: End Date
1/01/1854
Education: From
1/01/1839
Education: Institution
US Military Academy
Education: Place
West Point NY
Education: To
1/01/1843
Gender
Male
Employment: Place
St Louis MO
Employment: Employer
Self
Employment: Start Date
1/01/1854
Employment: End Date
1/01/1860
Employment: Position
Farmer, Real Estate
Employment: Start Date
9/03/1864
Employment: End Date
4/03/1869
Employment: Employer
United States Army
Employment: Position
Commanding General of the Army
Employment: Place
Washington D.C.
Death- 23/07/1885-Age: 63 years
Mount McGregor, NY
Throat Cancer
Burial
Grant's Tomb, General Grant National Memorial, Manhattan, NY
Other Facts
Mother
Hannah (Simpson) Grant
Father
Jesse Root Grant
Also known as
Ulysses S. Grant
Full Name
Hiram Ulysses Grant
