Ulysses Simpson Grant

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• Name: Hiram Grant
• Name: Hiram Ulysses Grant
• Name: Hugh S Grant
• Name: U S Grant
• Name: Ulysses Grant
• Name: Ulysses S. Grant
• Reference Number: 2287
• Residence: Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA
• Birth: 1822, Ohio, USA
• Birth: 1822, Ohio, USA
• Birth: 1822, Ohio, USA
• Birth: 1823, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1850, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1860, Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
• _MILT: 15 Jun 1861, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1870, Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877) and military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and effectively ended the war with the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox. Grant, born in Ohio of English and Scottish ancestry, shunned his father's trade, but had exhibited equestrian ability as a youth. With his father's guidance, he began a lifelong military career after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1843. He fought in the Mexican-American War, resigned from the Army in 1854, and then struggled in business, while nurturing his growing family in St. Louis and Galena, Illinois.

When the American Civil War began in 1861, Grant trained Union volunteer regiments as a colonel, and engaged the Confederates near Cairo, Illinois. In 1862, he fought a series of battles and was promoted to major general. He then led fierce combat at the Battle of Shiloh, earned a reputation as an aggressive commander, and eventually seized control of most of Kentucky and Tennessee. In July 1863, after a long, complex campaign, Grant defeated five uncoordinated Confederate armies (capturing one of them) and seized Vicksburg. This famous victory gave the Union full control of the Mississippi River, split off the western Confederacy, and opened the way for more Union triumphs. After another win at the Battle of Chattanooga in late 1863, President Abraham Lincoln made him lieutenant general and commander of all of the Union Armies. As Commanding General of the United States Army from 1864 to 1865, Grant confronted Robert E. Lee in a series of very high casualty battles known as the Overland Campaign that ended in a stalemate siege at Petersburg. During the siege, Grant coordinated a series of devastating campaigns launched by William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Sheridan, and George Thomas. Finally breaking through Lee's trenches at Petersburg, the Union Army captured Richmond, the Confederate capital, in April 1865. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox; the Civil War soon ended and the Confederacy collapsed. Although Lee's allies denounced Grant in the 1870s as a ruthless butcher who won by brute force, most historians have hailed his military genius.

During Reconstruction, General Grant implemented Congressional plans to reoccupy the South and hold elections in 1867, including black voters, which gave Republicans control of the Southern states. Enormously popular in the North after the Union victory, Grant was elected to the presidency in 1868. Reelected in 1872, he became the first president to serve two full terms since Andrew Jackson. As president, he effected Reconstruction by signing and enforcing civil rights laws and fighting Ku Klux Klan violence. He helped rebuild the Republican Party in the South, an effort that resulted in the election of African Americans to Congress and state governments for the first time. Grant's foreign policy, led by Sec. Hamilton Fish, implemented International Arbitration, settled the Alabama Claims with Britain and kept the United States out of war with Spain over the Virginius Incident.

Nevertheless, Grant's presidency was marred by economic disaster and multiple scandals in his administration. Political infighting between Sen. Charles Sumner and Grant, over Grant's attempted annexation of the Dominican Republic and patronage, initiated a Republican party split in 1872. His response to the Panic of 1873 and the severe depression that followed was heavily criticized. His inferior Cabinet and federal appointments and lack of accountability generated corruption in seven government departments. In 1876, his reputation was severely damaged by the graft trials of the Whiskey Ring. His image as a war hero was tarnished by the scandals during his presidency and he left office with diminished popularity. After leaving office, Grant embarked on a two-year world tour that included many enthusiastic royal receptions. In 1880, he made an unsuccessful bid for a third presidential term. In 1884, insolvent and dying of cancer, he wrote his memoirs. Historians until recently have given Grant's presidency the worst rankings; his reputation, however, has significantly improved because of greater appreciation for his enforcement of African American voting and citizenship rights during Reconstruction.

Married Julia Boggs Dent and had four children: Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (Buck), Ellen Wrenshall Grant (Nellie), and Jesse Root Grant.

References
1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ulysses S. Grant, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
2. Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
3. Ulysses Simpson Grant, in Find A Grave.

Family/Spouse: Julia Boggs Dent. Julia was born on 26 Jan 1826 in Missouri, USA; died on 14 Dec 1902 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Jesse Root Grant
• Reference Number: 5264

Jesee married Hannah Simpson on 24 Jun 1821 in Point Pleasant, Ohio, USA. Hannah was born in 1798; died in 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 5267

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• Name: Capt Noah Grant Grant
• Reference Number: 4890
• Birth: 1748, Connecticut, USA
• Birth: 23 Jun 1748, Tolland, Connecticut, USA

Capt married Rachel Kelly. Rachel was born in 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Rachel Miller Kelly
• Reference Number: 5047

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• Reference Number: 5486

Noah married Susannah Delano. Susannah was born in 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1515