Grant accepted a US Army infantry position as a second lieutenant at Jefferson Barracks near St Louis the year that he graduated from West Point .
Grant attended the US Military academy at West Point , New York, entering in May, 1839 and graduating in 1843. He graduated 21st in his class of 39.
When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant
When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant
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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.
When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant
Grant and Eisenhower both graduated from West Point.
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.
Grant's real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. However, when he was nominated for West Point, the Congressman who nominated him, wrote his name as Ulysses S. Grant, presumably thinking his middle name was Simpson, which was his mother's maiden name. He never corrected his name with West Point, was commissioned as Ulysses S.Grant and that became his official army name. Maybe he did not like is old initials of HUG.
Ulysses S. Grant graduated from West Point in 1843.
USMA, Unites States Military Academy, that is: West Point.
Grant's born name was Hiram Ulysses Grant, but when he entered West Point a mistake was made, entering him as Ulysses Simpson Grant, which he just kept