Hiram Ulysses Grant U.S. Grant, age 43 in 1865
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The Civil
War: U.S. Grant A Learning On-Line Learning Activity Page by Howard Taylor
An Activity to Learn About General Grant's
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the "mind" and "intent" of the great general of the American Civil War,
and later President of our country. U.S. Grant was not his actual
name, as it was Hiram Ulysses Grant, but an error occurred on his
records at West Point Military Academy. He would use the name U.S.
Grant thereafter. A special activity will follow this time-line.
Ulysses S. Grant Memoirs
from Bartleby.com will be used as reference for these activities. Ulysses S. Grant Biographical Time-line from the Grant's Home website, Galena, Illinois April 27, 1822: Hiram Ulysses Grant born at Point Pleasant, Ohio and was the son of Jesse and Hannah Grant. Ulysses was the oldest of six children having three sisters and two brothers. May 29, 1839: Arrived at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. A mistake in the records changed Grant's name to Ulysses S. Grant, which he carried the rest of his life. June, 1843: Graduated from West Point. 1846-1847: Fought in the American-Mexican War. August 22, 1848:Married Julia Dent of St. Louis, Missouri. May 30, 1850: Frederick Dent Grant born. July 22, 1852: Ulysses S. "Buck" Grant Jr., born. June 11, 1854: Grant resigns from the army. The letter of resignation was written on the same day he was promoted to Captain and was accepted by the Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis. July 4, 1855: Ellen "Nellie" Wrenshall Grant born. February 6, 1858: Jesse Root Grant Jr., born. Spring, 1860: Grant arrives in Galena, Illinois. April 12, 1861: Fort Sumter fired upon by Confederates. May 15, 1861: Grant musters troops for his 21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Mattoon, Illinois June 17, 1861: Grant becomes a colonel for the 21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. February 17, 1862: Lincoln signed the papers for Grant's promotion to major general of volunteers. April 9, 1865: General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, ending the American Civil War. August 18, 1865: Returns to Galena as a hero and is presented his new home on Bouthillier Street. July 25, 1866: Grant appointed general of the armies of the U.S. August 12, 1867: Appointed Secretary of War. November 3, 1868: Grant and Schuyler Colfax elected President and Vice-President. March 2, 1872: Signs a bill which make Yellowstone the first National Park. November 3, 1872: Grant and Henry Wilson elected President and Vice-President. March 4, 1877: Retires from the White House. May 1877: Ulysses, Julia and Jesse Grant travel on a world tour. They return on September 20, 1879 at San Francisco. They return to Galena in November of that year. December 1882: President Arthur appointed Grant to negotiate a commercial treaty with Mexico. The treaty, however, was rejected by the U.S. and Mexico. June 16, 1885: Grant family moves to a cottage at Mount McGregor, New York. July 19, 1885: Finishes his personal memoirs. July 23, 1885: Ulysses Grant dies at age 63 of throat cancer at Mt. McGregor, New York. April 27, 1891: Ground is broken for the construction of Grant's Tomb, Riverside Park, New York City. April 27, 1897: Grant's Tomb is dedicated. CLICK HERE FOR THE ACTIVITY
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