As a civilian, the beloved American Civil War general and two-term president failed at every attempt to make money. Except for one.
Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant, was a military officer and later the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As President, he worked hard to protect African Americans during Reconstruction and signed the bill that led to the establishment of the Justice Department. This picture was taken in the 1870s.
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‘Lieut. Gen. Grant and Chief of Staff Gen. Rawlins at his Head Quarters at Cold Harbor, Va. Taken June 14th, 1864’ E. & H. T. Anthony 14 June 1864 Taken during the Civil War, Grant …
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At Chattanooga, Confederate soldiers were only yards away from Ulysses S. Grant, the most important Union general in the Civil War. But instead of shooting him, they lined up to salute him.
General Ulysses S. Grant led the Union army to victory in the American Civil War, and later became the 18th president of the United States (1869-1877). Sculpted by the Katherine Stubergh-Keller studio, and presented at the National Presidential Wax Museum in Keystone, South Dakota. "Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace." -- Ulysses S. Grant
In 1854 U. S. Grant left the army under a cloud of depression and alcohol addiction. When the Civil War began he was a store clerk whom the army didn't want back. But once given a chance, he rose to command the entire army.
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With kaleidoscopic, trenchant, path-breaking insights, Elizabeth D. Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses Grant’s Memoirs yet published. One hundred and thirty-three years after its 1885 publication by Mark Twain, Elizabeth Samet has annotated this lavish edition of Grant’s landmark memoir, and expands the Civil War backdrop against which this monumental American life is typically read. No previous edition combines such a sweep of historical and cultural contexts with the literary authority that Samet, an English professor obsessed with Grant for decades, brings to the table. Whether exploring novels Grant read at West Point or presenting majestic images culled from archives, Samet curates a richly annotated, highly collectible edition that will fascinate Civil War buffs. The edition also breaks new ground in its attack on the “Lost Cause” revisionism that still distorts our national conversation about the legacy of the Civil War. Never has Grant’s transformation from tanner’s son to military leader been more insightfully and passionately explained than in this timely edition, appearing on the 150th anniversary of Grant’s 1868 presidential election. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781631492440 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation Publication Date: 11-27-2018 Pages: 1152 Product Dimensions: 7.60(w) x 9.00(h) x 2.70(d)About the Author Elizabeth D. Samet received her BA from Harvard and her PhD in English literature from Yale. She is the author of No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America (Macmillan); and Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point (FSG & Picador), which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest and was named one of The New York Time's 100 Notable Books of 2007; and Willing Obedience: Citizens, Soldiers, and the Progress of Consent in America, 1776–1898 (Stanford UP). Her essays and reviews have been published in various venues, including The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, and The New Republic. Samet is a professor of English at West Point. She speaks often to both civilian and military audiences on the role of literature in shaping future military officers, and she was a member of the Army Chief of Staff's 2011–2012 Task Force on Leader Development. She has appeared on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, NPR, and the BBC World Service.
General Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, in uniform