Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885) was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War, capturing Vicksburg in 1863 and Richmond in 1865. He accepted the surrender of his Confederate opponent Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House. Wikipedia
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Adams was young and easily deceived, in spite of his diplomatic adventures, but even at twice his age he could not see that this reliance on Grant was unreasonable. virtual-grub-street.blogspot.com/2006/04/adamss-education...
William Archibald Dunning recounts how President Grant refuses a third term in language so equivocal that it amounts to encouragement for his partisans. virtual-grub-street.blogspot.com/2006/04/grant-succumbs-t...
Clearly, great things were expected from the Union's new three-star general, Ulysses S. Grant. www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/american_civil_war/3026...
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Ulysses S. Grant is known as the victorious Civil War general who saved theUnion and the 18th President of the United States. www.nps.gov/ulsg/
The question of suffrage is one which is likely to agitate the public so long as a portion of the citizens of the nation are excluded from its privileges in any State. www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/grant1.htm
