He stood up for America.
His original name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. He didn't want to or mean to change it. When he went to a military academy, they signed him up as that. Since then, he was known as Ulysses S. Grant.
Grant grew up in Georgetown , Ohio.
His name at birth was Hiram Ulysses Grant. He later changed it to Ulysses Hiram Grant. He just changed the first and middle names order. He was a good president. His name got spelled wrong on a application to go to West Point and he was forced to change his name to go to West Point. The made up S is for his mother's middle name, Simpson.
The war started with George McClellan and ended up with Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses S. Grant
"Unconditional Surrender Grant. It become his nickname after the victory of the Battle of Fort Donelson and was set up based upon his full name U.S. (Ulysses Simpson)Grant.
The S was a mistake. His parents named him Hiram Ulysses Grant but he went by Ulysses or Lyss. At the age of 17, Grant entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, after securing a nomination through his U.S. Congressman, Thomas L. Hamer. Hamer erroneously nominated him as "Ulysses S. Grant of Ohio," knowing Grant's mother's maiden name was Simpson . Grant wrote his name in the entrance register as "Ulysses Hiram Grant" (concerned that he would otherwise become known by his initials, H.U.G.), but the school administration refused to accept any name other than the nominated form Grant made other efforts to have the error corrected by eventually gave up and accepted Ulysses S. Grant as his official name in the army. .
Ulysses Grant was 46 years old at the time of his election, the youngest man ever elected to the US presidency up to that time.
He never gave up and kept fighting.
No, HE DIDNT LOSE HIS LEG! He might of been injured but no limbs had to be amputated. Look up "Ulysses S. GRant, president"
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If you mean Grant, no. His father was a tanner in Ohio.