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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 .

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Q: What did Ulysses S. Grant do after graduating from West Point?
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Where did Ulysses S. Grant go to college?

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.


How did hiram Ulysses grant get to change his name to Ulysses grant?

When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant


How did hiram Ulysses grant get his named changed to Ulysses S. Grant?

When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant


What academy did Ulysses S. Grant entered?

West Point


Which president's first two initials were US?

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.


How did Hiram Ulysses S. Grant get his name changed to Ulysses S. Grant?

When he joined the military at West Point the clerk mistakenly wrote that his name was Ulysses S. Grant


Which 2 presidents attended west point?

Grant and Eisenhower both graduated from West Point.


What was Grant's middle name?

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.


How did Ulysses S. Grant get his name?

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.


When did Uylsses S. Grant graduate?

Ulysses S. Grant graduated from West Point in 1843.


Ulysses S. Grant alma mater?

USMA, Unites States Military Academy, that is: West Point.


How did Ulysses grants name get changed name get changed?

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