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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States and led the Union army during the Civil War.

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What state was Ulysses S. Grant born in?

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general grant was born in point pleasant ohio general grant and president grant are the same people.

What did Ulysses S. Grant feel like when general Robert e lee surrendered?

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Rather solemn - in fact, he told his men to stop cheering.

He could feel that it was a historic moment, and it brought out the noble side in what was normally a very plain character.

He gave remarkably lenient terms to Lee - no jailings or hangings, on condition that his men handed in their weapons and signed the pledge not to take up arms against the USA.

When did general Robert e lee surrender to general Ulysses S. Grant?

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Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, (Virginia) on April 9, 1865

What did Ulysses S. Grant study in college?

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Grant graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point, NY, in 1843. At that time the Military Academy did not grant degrees. It was only decades after Grant was dead that the Academy retroactively granted all past graduates a degree, in 1933, and began awarding all graduates a Bachelor of Science degree. He was commissioned as a brevet second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

Where did Ulysses S. Grant live after he was president?

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Grant lived in several different places. He was born Point Pleasant, Ohio and grew up in Georgetown, Ohio He went away to West Point, NY, for college. He fought in the Mexican War and was later stationed in California. He quit the army and lived near St. Louis for awhile, then moved to Galena, Illinois. After the Civil War, he lived in Washington, DC. After he was President, he moved to Mount McGregor, NY where he died.

Why was Ulysses S. Grant different from all previous union commanders?

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He was the only commander to fight out his battle and never retreat...

This question is a tricky way of saying how was grant different from all union commanders..

Glad to answer this for you as i am 13 and just answered the very same question for my homework...

Did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Gettysburg?

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No. Gettysburg was fought on July 1-3, 1863 and he didn't surrender until April 14, 1865. General Lee realized that he could not continue to fight not support his troops while they were in Pennsylvania, so he retreated back to Virginia. General Lee did not resign after the battle. Lee's army escaped and managed to return to Virginia.

Was Ulysses S. Grant good at horse back riding?

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Grant had a special knack at training horses from his youth. People used to bring unruly horses to him to train. He liked to ride and was a good rider. In those days. horses were like cars of today. People noticed your horses and were impressed by them. A good rider can tell the difference in horses and enjoys a good one.

Did general Grant surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox court house?

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The Appomattox Court House is southwest of Richmond, Virginia. The location was easy for both Robert E. Lee and US Grant to meet. There on April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered his troops to US Grant.

What strategy did grant accomplish in 1862?

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The first major Union victories of the war - Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh - ending hopes of Confederate ascendancy in the West.

Who is general Ulysses S. Grant?

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Well he was a General in the Civil War and then went on to be one of Presidents of the United States of America.

Why did general Robert E. Lee surrender to general Ulysses S. Grant?

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Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant because the Confederate army was in horrible shape. Plus the Confederate States of America's capital had been captured by the Union. The capital was Richmond, Virginia I think.

How long were Julia grant and Ulysses S. Grant married for?

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President Grant was married for almost 37 years, from August 22, 1848 until his death on July 23, 1885.

Where did Robert e lee and Ulysses S. Grant go to school?

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They went to the same military academy, West Point. But not at the same time - Lee was much older than Grant.

What was the town of Robert E Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

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The small town was Appomattox, Virginia, but the towndidn't agree to anything. The two generals agreed to meet in the courthouse there for the signing of the surrender that ended the Civil War. The town was just the meeting place.

Although all Confederate forces had not yet surrendered, Lee's surrender, for all practical purposes was the end of the Civil War. Yes, Jefferson Davis still had hope, however, with the Army of Northern Virginia now in surrender, the war was over.

By all measures the small bit of fighting ended in May of 1865.

When was Ulysses S. Grant given control of union army?

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He was never Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army, so it's a bit of a trick question. His title from his appointment in early 1864 was General-in-Chief, which he held until he became President of the United States (and with it, Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces) in 1869. With that in mind, the Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army in the Civil war was Abraham Lincoln up until his assassination, when Andew Johnson became Commander-in-Chief.

What was President Grants Support Of The Enforcement Acts Showed That He Wanted To Do the Following?

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  1. Keep all the government officers chosen by president lincoln
  2. Make southern whites give their land to African Americans
  3. Rebuild the south by using the U.S. Army
  4. Protect the rights of African Americans

which is the correct answer

When did Ulysses S. Grant get cancer?

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Grant supposedly had cancer (carcinoma ) of the tongue and tonsils. There was no treatments back then.

Why did Ulysses S. Grant drop his real name Hiram?

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The Northern public liked the idea of the initials 'US', as it chimed with 'United States' and also 'Unconditional Surrender'.

Also there has always been a suggestion that he was christened with a middle name 'Simpson'.

What makes a national park?

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A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. National parks are a protected area of IUCN category II. The largest national park in the world is the Northeast Greenland National Park, which was established in 1974. The number of areas managed by the National Park Service in the United States of America consists of over 400 different sites, of which 58 carry the designation of National Park.

Where did Ulysses S. Grant go after his victory at fort donelson?

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He was the first U.S. President elected after the war. Grant owned slaves after the war, due to the emancipation proclamation effecting only southern states as a way of punishing them for the war. His slave (his wife had several) was not freed until 1865...well after the war. In addition, the great "emancipator's" wife Mary Todd Lincoln came from a slave holding family.

General Robert E. Lee was opposed to slavery and felt it to be morally and politically wrong. Anyone interested in more on this should go to the National Park Service website and look under White Haven (general grant's slave holding farm).

So, when you win a war you get to rewrite history to benefit yourself. I am glad the nps.gov website is actually admitting that the union general that fought "to end slavery" had slaves himself. Surprise, surprise!

When did general grant take command of the west?

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General John Fremont took control of the Department of the West on July 25, 1861. His headquarters was in St. Louis. With the approval of President Lincoln and General in Chief Winfield Scott, Fremont was to raise an army and try to capture Memphis, Tennessee.

Did Ulysses S. Grant own slaves after the Civil War?

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no the last president to own slaves was president Garfeild.