U.S.+Grant

=U.S. Grant=

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Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822. However, someone, while nominating him for the United States Military Academy, made a mistake in the writing, calling him Ulysses S. Grant, and the name stuck. His initials (U.S.) earned him nicknames such as United States Grant, Uncle Sam Grant, Unconditional Surrender Grant, and Unspeakable Slaughter Grant, because of his war tactics. He was made the commander of the Union army from 1864 to 1865, after multiple commanders that were fired. He had military background from the [|United States Military Academy], and the Mexican War. However, in 1854, he suddenly left the Army, and performed various different jobs, like bill collecting, and working in his father's leather shop. When the Civil War started, he decided to aid the Union cause. In 1861, he was given the position of brigadier general by Abraham Lincoln, and gained several victories for the North. At the battle of Vicksburg, the day after Gettysburg in 1863, he was victorious, and his success prompted Lincoln to promote him to Lieutenant General and General-in-Chief of the army. Grant's famous [|Wilderness Campaign] was a series of continuous battles in 1864, spanning a little over 8 weeks, driving Lee's army into a siege at Petersburg, Virginia. He later became President of the United States, and was in office for two terms, from 1869 to 1877. After his Presidency, he was very poor, but after writing his memoirs, his family gained almost $450,000. He died two days after he finished writing, on July 23, 1885. He was 63 years old.

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