Malayna Fredericks

_Ulysses S. Grant _

Make Notecard for Intro: Why does the quote have resemblance to Ulysses S. Grant?

Birth and Death:

I. Original Name: Hiram Ulysses Grant
II. Born April 27, 1822
A. Point Pleasant, Ohio
III. Died July 23, 1885
A. Mount McGregor, New York
B. Had extreme throat pain
1. Esophageal Cancer
IV. U.S. General, Commander of the Union Armies
V. 18th President of the U.S.A.
A. 1869-1877

Early Life:
I. Father: Jesse Root Grant
A. A Tanner
II. Mom: Hannah Simpson
III. Grew up in Georgetown, Ohio
IV. Developed skill in handling horses
V. 1839: Dad assigned him to going to the U.S. Military Academy
A. In West Point, New York
B. No interest in military life
C. Wanted to reverse name, enrolled as Ulysses Hiram
1. Probably to not have H.U.G. as the initials on his clothing
2. His name became Ulysses S. Grant
a) Called U.S. Grant
b) Called Uncle Sam Grant
c) Or classmates called him Sam
D. Only 5 feet tall at beginning of academy, then grew 6 inches in 4 yrs
E. Graduated as 21st out of 39 in 1843
1. Learned most about horsemanship
2. Also his ability in mathematics was strong
a) Imagined being a math teacher at the academy
3. Bored by military classes
a) So he took art courses
b) Read classic novels
4. Graduated as a brevet second lieutenant to 4th U.S. Infantry
a) Stationed at St. Louis, Missouri
5. Fell in love with Julia Boggs
 (1) They became secretly engaged

b) Grant had to leave to serve in Mexican-American War

(1) 1846-1848
(2) With Zachary Taylor
(a) Then moved to Winfield Scott
(i) Having access to army supplies didn’t help
his hunger
(ii) Commanded himself from battle in Sept. of
1847
6. Married Julia when he returned from the war.

VI. Joined the Leather Goods Business owned by his father, but operated by his brothers.
A. In Galena, Illinois

Civil War:
I. Outbreak in April 1861, Grant helped recruit, equip, and drill troops in Galena
II. Richard Yates made him an aide and assigned him to the state adjutant general’s office.
A. Also appointed as colonel of an unruly regiment in June 1861
1. Named the 21st Illinois Volunteers
III. Was appointed brigadier general through influence of Elihu B. Washburne
IV. Soon gained command of the District of Southeast Missouri, headquartered at Cairo,
Illinois.
V. Received permission to begin an offensive campaign.
VI. Feb. 16: Won the first major Union victory of the War.
VII. Was promoted to major general, and set an unexpected Confederate attack on April 6-7
A. Union loses battle, which damaged Grant’s reputation.
VIII. Grant regained command
IX. To show his characteristic aggressiveness, resilience, independence, and determination,
Grant brought about the city’s surrender on July 4th, 1863.

Command Over Union Armies: (Robert E. Lee)

I. Was appointed lieutenant general in March 1864
II. Had responsibility with the command of all the U.S. armies
III. Basic plan for the 1864 campaign was to immobilize Lee’s army.
A. Near Confederate Capital
B. Richmond, Virginia
IV. Mid-June, Lee was pinned down at Petersburg
V. April 2nd, 1865, Lee was forced to abandon his defensive line in Petersburg.
A. Army surrendered on April 9th
B. Surrender marked end of Civil War

VI. As he quoted, he said he was: “sad and depressed…at the downfall of a foe
who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a
 cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a
people ever fought.

Presidency:
I. Was politically inexperienced
II. Was president at age 46
A. Youngest President ever elected

Wife and Children:

I. Julia was not beautiful
A. Had a cast in her left eye, and squinted
B. Loved her for her liveliness
C. Devotion to her was limitless
II. Photography became some of the political scene when Julia became the first lady.
A. Julia contemplated to get surgery to correct her eyes
1. Grant vetoed the idea, saying he loved her the way she was.
2. Most pictures taken of her were of her face.
III. The Grant’s had four children
A. Daughter Nellie became a national darling
B. She married into the White House in 1874.

Later Life:
I. Grant and Julia went on a round-the-world trip in May of 1877
A. His reputation of the man who saved the American Union was known to the world
and was greeted as a hero.
1. Great Britain: Greeted by Queen Victoria at the Windsor Castle and met
Benjamin Disraeli
2. Germany: Greeted by Otto von Bismarck
3. Japan: Shook hands with the Emperor
II. Bought a house in New York
A. Took investment in firm of Grant and Ward
1. Son, Ulysses, Jr., was a partner of.
B. Firm collapsed, swindled by Ward
1. Brought down Grant’s family and killed his reputation
III. 1884: Grant began to write reminiscences of his campaigns for the Century Magazines,
then started writing memoirs.
A. Signed a contract with friend, Mark Twain, to publish the memoirs
B. Worked to complete them before he died.
IV. Grant family moved to a cottage in New York, in the Adirondack Mountains
A. Grant died a month later
V. Funeral parade was 7 miles long
A. Coffin went to a temporary fault in New York City’s Riverside Park
B. In 1897, on the 75th anniversary of his birth, his remain were removed to a
granite tomb at Riverside Drive on Morning Heights, Manhattan
 C. The project was paid for by almost 100,000 donations
D. His tomb is signed by John Duncan
1. Largest tomb in the world
a) Julia died in 1902
b) Was buried right beside Grant
VI. His memoirs retain high rank among military autobiographies.

Presentation Photos:
I. Ulysses S. Grant
II. Ulysses S. Grant at Cold Harbor
III. General Ulysses S Grant
IV. Julia Grant
V. Ulysses S. Grant Biography
VI. Ulysses. S Grant with wife and first son
VII. Julia Grant with her Father, Daughter, and Son
VIII. Ulysses S. Grant, Wife, and Children

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/General-Grant-National-Memorial