Ulysses S. Grant (Hiram Ulysses Grant)
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Ulysses S. Grant (Hiram Ulysses Grant) 🇺🇸

Hiram Ulysses Grant (Known as "Ulysses S. Grant")
General of the Armies of the United States, 18th U.S. President, Victor of Vicksburg
Born 27 April 1822 🇺🇸 Point Pleasant (Ohio), United States
Passed Away 23 July 1885 Mount McGregor (New York), United States
Lifespan ~63 years old
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"The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on."

Archival Overview

General of the Army and 18th President of the United States. Architect of the Union victory in the American Civil War whose Vicksburg campaign and relentless Overland offensive preserved the American Republic and ended slavery.

Biographical Record

Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) revolutionized grand strategy by coordinating five simultaneous Union armies across a thousand-mile front, understanding that industrial attrition and joint naval operations were the keys to modern war. His brilliant amphibious campaign at Vicksburg (1863) severed the Confederacy along the Mississippi River.

Appointed General-in-Chief by President Abraham Lincoln, Grant waged an unrelenting campaign of pressure that pinned Lee's army at Petersburg, receiving the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House in 1865 with exceptional magnanimity.

Key Life Milestones

4 July 1863

The Capture of Vicksburg

Executed an audacious river bypass and maneuver campaign, forcing the surrender of 30,000 Confederate defenders.

9 April 1865

Surrender at Appomattox Court House

Accepted General Lee's surrender with generous terms, reconciling a broken nation and ending the Civil War.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
General Grant National Memorial (Grant's Tomb)
Mount McGregor (New York), United States
GPS: 40.8133, -73.9631
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