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The life of Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses Simpson Grant, (1822-1885), American general and 18th President of the United States. Grant, the most capable of the Union generals during the Civil War, was a master strategist. He won the first major Union victories. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27, 1822, and baptized Hiram Ulysses. The eldest son of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant, he came from a family that, he proudly declared, had been American “for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral.” In 1823 his father moved his tanning business to Georgetown, Ohio, where Ulysses spent his childhood.
Before Grant entered the military he graduated in 1843 ranking 21 out of 39 in his class. After graduation, the army sent Ulysses to Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis. He met and fell in love with Julia Dent at her father’s home, White Haven. They were posts. When Ulysses was sent west in 1852, Julia and their two children had to return to her parents’ home. Ulysses missed his family and married on August 22, 1848. Julia traveled with her husband to his various military resigned from the army in 1854.
Grant held a surprise attack at Fort Henry. Fort Henry surrendered to Grant. During fort Shiloh General Halleck took command of union forces, putting Grant in the background. Grant also attacked fort Delson. He sent his army to Fort Delson. Simon B. Buckner asked for a compromise in the battle. Grants reply to this compromise became famous as said in the “Encyclopedia of world biography”, “No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.” This is how he got his nick name of US Grant.
Another important victory for Grant was his victory at Vicksburg. This battle was the deciding factor for the Union taking control of the Mississippi River, which would cut the Confederacy in half. Grant had succeeded in starving out the Confederates in order to capture the city. Grant demanded unconditional surrender from the Confederate commander, Simon Bolivar Buckner. This along with the victory at Gettysburg marks the turning point of the war.
Grant is promoted to Lieutenant General, giving him complete power over all armies. This is when Grant launches his new campaign of Total war, where he is not only at war with the Confederate soldiers, but also with civilians who are helping out the Confederates. He sends General Sherman on his famous march to the sea, where Sherman and his troops burn everything in the path.While this was going on, Grant was attacking Lee’s army, just battle after battle, because Lee had no reserves to replace men who have died, but the Union had many civilians in their reserve. It took Grant over 9 months, but after he took Pittsburgh, he went for the capitol, Richmond. 4 days after he captured Richmond, Lee sent him a letter setting the terms for surrender. They met at the Appomattox Court House, where Lee officially surrendered, on April 9th, 1865grant Retirement Mr. and Mrs. Grant planned to retire to the White Haven farm they had purchased from her father. First they took a long vacation around the world. When they returned in 1879, they decided to live close to their children and grandchildren in New York. Ulysses became ill with cancer in 1884. Before he died, he wrote a book about the Civil War. It became a best seller. He died on July 23, 1885. His pall bearers were union and confederate army generals. His wife did not attend his funeral. She said that she was to devastated. The people of the nation donated money to build a tomb in New York City where people could come to remember him. Mrs. Grant died in 1902 and is buried in Grant’s Tomb alongside
It was because of all the work that Ulysses did, that made us be successful in our wars today. He showed great leadership in leading his army, and to never give up without a fight. One of the ways he remember him is his present-day tomb that was built by contributions from around the country. Our generals today would not know what to do without the help from Grant and all other generals. He was very intelligent, ranking 21 out of 39 in his class showing our men that to be a general you have to have a good education. He stated that to surrender they have to fully surrender and not try to compromise. Grant was a great man and an even better war general without him we would not know what to do when we fight our wars today.