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Grant entered the United States Military Academy at age 17.
Ulysses S. Grant went to United States Military Academy for his education
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.
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Ulysses Grant was named Hiram Ulysses by his parents. He was mistakenly enrolled as Ulysses S. Grant when he entered West Point and he did not correct the mistake . Possibly he was happy to lose the initials HUG.
USMA, Unites States Military Academy, that is: West Point.
Grant had over 250 demerits.
U.S. Grant is the one. His name was really Hiram Ulysses Grant, but when he went to West Point. a mistake was made by the man who nominated him, and he became Ulysses S. Grant. He never bothered to have it changed so his name in the army was Ulysses S. Grant.
Hiram Ulysses Grant was originally named Hiram Ulysses Grant, but when he applied to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a senator mistakenly submitted his name as Ulysses S. Grant. Grant decided to keep the name, and it became the one he was known by throughout his military and political career. The "S" in his name does not stand for anything specific; it was simply a part of the name he adopted.
He graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point.
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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. .