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Ulysses S. Grant BY:Allan Chi

Ulysses S. Grant BY:Allan Chi. Facts about him. Ulysses S. Grant was born April 27, 1822. Ulysses S. Grant , was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States . He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.

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Ulysses S. Grant BY:Allan Chi

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  1. Ulysses S. Grant BY:Allan Chi

  2. Facts about him • Ulysses S. Grant was born April 27, 1822. • Ulysses S. Grant, was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States. • He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.

  3. Ulysses S. Grant's home Ulysses S. Grant’s Boyhood Home, Georgetown, Ohio Ulysses Grant’s Birthplace, Point Pleasant, Ohio

  4. Family and friends • On August 22, 1848, Grant married Julia Boggs Dent, the daughter of a slave owner. • They had four children: Frederick Den Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (Buck), Ellen Wrens Hall Grant (Nellie), and Jesse Root Grant.

  5. Adjectives to describe Grant • Smart • Nice • A good planner, organizer • Popular

  6. The home of President Grant The home of President Grant while he lived in Galena, Illinois. Shortly after Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter,

  7. The wars he fought • Mexican-American War • Lieutenant Grant served in the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. • Civil War • Shortly after Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln put out a call for 75,000 volunteers. Grant helped recruit a company of volunteers and accompanied it to Springfield, the capital of Illinois.

  8. The job he did • Ulysses S. Grant was a North General. • He fought a lot of wars. • The war he won was the Civil War.

  9. Civil War Pictures

  10. Shiloh • In early April 1862, Grant was surprised by Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard at the Battle of Shiloh. • Grant won.

  11. Battles of Belmont, Henry, and Donelson • Grant's first important strategic act of the war was to take the initiative to seize the Ohio River town of Paducah, Kentucky, immediately after the Confederates violated the state's neutrality by occupying Columbus, Kentucky.

  12. Chattanooga • He won this battle after loosing afew skirmishes initially. • Grant's willingness to fight and ability to win impressed President Lincoln, who appointed him lieutenant general in the regular army—a rank not awarded since George Washington

  13. The thing he did after war • Ulysses S. Grant became the USA president. • He died in July 23, 1885.

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