Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander)

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Ulysses S. Grant was the leading Union general of the American Civil War who orchestrated the final campaigns that defeated the Confederacy and later became the 18th president of the United States.

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instanceOf President of the United States
human
military commander
allegiance Union
alsoKnownAs Sam NERFINISHED
US Grant NERFINISHED
Ulysses Simpson Grant NERFINISHED
battles Appomattox Campaign NERFINISHED
Battle of Shiloh NERFINISHED
Chattanooga Campaign NERFINISHED
Overland Campaign NERFINISHED
Siege of Petersburg NERFINISHED
Siege of Vicksburg NERFINISHED
birthDate 1822-04-27
birthName Hiram Ulysses Grant NERFINISHED
birthPlace Point Pleasant, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath throat cancer
child Ellen Wrenshall Grant NERFINISHED
Frederick Dent Grant NERFINISHED
Jesse Root Grant NERFINISHED
Ulysses S. Grant Jr. NERFINISHED
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfEvent 1865-04-09
deathDate 1885-07-23
deathPlace Mount McGregor, New York, United States NERFINISHED
educatedAt United States Military Academy
educationEnd 1843
educationStart 1839
fullName Hiram Ulysses Grant NERFINISHED
graduationRank 21st out of 39
marriageStart 1848-08-22
militaryBranch United States Army
militaryRank General of the Army of the United States
Lieutenant General
notableEvent accepted Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House
notableFor leading Union armies to victory in the American Civil War
overseeing Reconstruction as US president
notableWork Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren 4
politicalParty Republican Party
portrait https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Ulysses_S._Grant_1870-1880.jpg
positionHeld 18th President of the United States
Commanding General of the United States Army
Secretary of War ad interim of the United States NERFINISHED
precededBy Andrew Johnson NERFINISHED
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
restingPlace General Grant National Memorial, New York City, United States NERFINISHED
servedIn Mexican–American War NERFINISHED
signature https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Ulysses_S_Grant_Signature.svg
spouse Julia Dent Grant NERFINISHED
succeededBy Rutherford B. Hayes NERFINISHED
termEnd 1877-03-04
termStart 1869-03-04
vicePresident Henry Wilson NERFINISHED
Schuyler Colfax NERFINISHED

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Shenandoah Valley campaigns of the American Civil War UnionCommander1864 Ulysses S. Grant (overall Union commander)