Ulysses S. Grant BY:Allan Chi

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Ulysses S. Grant BYAllan Chi
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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's home
                                        
Ulysses S. Grants Boyhood Home, Georgetown, Ohio
                                        
Ulysses Grants Birthplace, Point Pleasant, Ohio
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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.

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Adjectives to describe Grant

• Smart
• Nice
• A good planner, organizer
• Popular

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

• Mexican-American War
• Lieutenant Grant served in the Mexican-American
  War (18461848) 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.

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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.

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Civil War Pictures
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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.

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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.

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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 armya rank not
  awarded since George Washington

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The thing he did after war

• Ulysses S. Grant became the USA president.
• He died in July 23, 1885.

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