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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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How many US Supreme Court justices were in office while Ulysses S. Grant was president?
There were nine Supreme Court Justices in 1869, when Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th US president. There have been a maximum of 9 Justices on the court ever since.
Who were Fredrick dent grants children?
I don't know but you forgot to capitalize two thirds of his name.
Where did General Beauregard try to defeat Grant?
The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign. Petersburg, Virginia. Generals Grant and Meade -vs- Generals Lee and Beauregard. Over 104,000 soldiers engaged and almost 12,000 casualties. Confederate Victory.
Who is buried in Grant's tomb?
The answer to this riddle asked regularly by host Groucho Marx on the game show "You Bet Your Life" as a consolation question is "no one"
Grant and his wife Julia are entombed in Grant's tomb but nobody is buried there. The coffins are not actually buried since they are not in the ground. The tomb is actually a memorial.
The National Park Service website says that Grant's Tomb does, in fact, contain the bodies of President and Mrs. Grant. Why the mix-up? Well, the old joke is "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?" and the answer is "no one." Grant's tomb is a mausoleum (North America's largest, 150 feet high), which means that the bodies are contained above ground. In order to be buried, you have to rest underneath Mother Earth herself. So, nobody's buried in Grant's Tomb, but the remains of the Grants are there anyway.
The answer is U.S.Grant. The tomb stood empty for years before his body was re interred in it due to lengthy construction. So it was a running joke for years when the answer was "nobody!"
How did his name change to Ulysses S. Grant?
His father asked a senator he knew to fill out the paperwork so Ulysses could go to West Point. Because this senator didn't take time to ask he wrote Ulysses's name down wrong as Ulysses S. Grant. His real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant.
Are Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower presidents?
Yes, both of these generals were two-term Republican Presidents.
What were the important desicions Ulysses S. Grant had to make?
Finding a way to attack Vicksburg - almost impregnable on high cliffs manned by heavy artillery.
Opting to end the system of prisoner exchange, so that the Confederates would run out of men first, even though it would cause untold suffering to Union prisoners held in overcrowded Southern camps.
Settling for 'total war', wrecking farms and railroads, attacking the civilian infrastructure that supported the enemy in the field.
Where was Ulysses S. Grant first stationed?
Grant was assigned to the Fourth Infantry at Jefferson Barracks. Missouri, near St. Louis, when he graduated from West Point.
Did Ulysses s grant go to high school or middle school?
High School is a post Civil War concept, and Middle School is a post WWII concept (they used to be Junior High Schools). Grant's father was a tanner (leather maker) and his family lived on the frontier, and Grant was working regularly by the time he was eight. Schools were held for about four months in the winter, after the crops were in, before time to plow and plant in the spring. Grant made the most of his scant education and was very good at math.
Did Ulysses S. Grant say ''I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender?
No he did not Robert E. Lee was the one who said when he had to surrender to Ulysses S. Grant
What battlefield event damaged Ulysses S Grants rising military reputation?
The near-disaster at Shiloh in Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862,when he was caught off-guard, and his whole army nearly pushed into the Tennessee River. They rallied just in time, then reinforcements arrived, and the enemy commander Albert S. Johnson was killed. The battle was then hailed as an important Union victory but critized in the press. THe uniion lost over 13,000 men; the Confederates about 10,700.
How did Ulysses S. Grant affect the Civil War?
In the early stage of the Civil War, as a Brigadier General and commander of the outpost of Cairo (Illinois), he learnt that the Confederate had occupied Columbus (Kentucky). Therefore the neutrality of Kentucky had been violated. He therefore took the initiative to seize the important position of Paducah on the River Tennessee preceding of some six hours the approaching Confederates, preventing them from gaining a decisive strategic advantage and neutralizing their seizing of Columbus. In February 1862, as Commander of the Army of Tennessee (Un.), he seized Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, capturing about 15 000 prisoners. On April 6-7, 1862 he defeated the Confederates at Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh) opening the way to the conquest of Corinth, widening the control of the course of Mississippi and starting the invasion of Mississippi State. As commander of the army of Mississippi (Un.), he defeated the Confederate Army of Sterling Price East of Corinth on Sept.19,1862 and on Oct. 5,1862 he defeated another Confederate Army under Gen. Van Dorn. As commander of the Army of Tennessee, during the third campaign against Vicksburg, he won the decisive battle of Champion Hill, forcing the Confederate Army under Gen. Pemberton to retreat within the fortifications of Vicksburg. On July 4, 1863, after 45 days of siege he won the battle of Vicksburg, opening the whole course of Mississippi River to the Union and splitting the Confederacy into two parts and capturing the Confederate Army under Gen. Pemberton. As commander of the Western Union Armies, operating between the Appalachians and Arkansas, he defeated the Confederates under Gen. Braxton Bragg at the third campaign of Chattanooga, a series of decisive battles fought between Oct. 26 and Nov. 25,1863, which opened the way to the invasion of Georgia. As General in Chief of the Union Army, he successfully coordinated the activity of all Union Armies and personally directed the victorious Overland Campaign which led to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House on Apr.9, 1865 that virtually concluded the Civil War.
What was Ulysses S. Grants nickname?
His classmates at West point called him Sam and the name stuck. He would also become known as "Unconditional Surrender" Grant after the fall of Fort Donelson in February 1862. When the Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner asked for terms of surrender, Grant replied, "No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender... I propose to move immediately upon your works." Buckner surrendered the fort without further delay.
Why did Grant's administration developed substantial opposition?
There was corruption in his administration.
Who was the US President after Ulysses S. Grant?
Rutherford B. Hayes was the US President after Ulysses S. Grant.
Rutherford B. Hayes was the 18th President of the United States from 1877 March 4 to 1881 March 4.
What did Ulysses S. Grant study?
Grant got a degree at West Point. He learned to be an army officer. He was not noted as a student, but had an excellent command of English and taking notes.
What was the presidential salary before Ulysses S. Grant got a raise for his second term?
The president's salary was set at $25,000 per year in 1788 and stayed at that figure until Grant's second term when it was doubled to $50,000.
Throat cancer claimed the life of Ulysses S. Grant on July 23, 1885.
Who did Ulysses S. Grant run against in election?
Ulysses S. Grant beat Horatio Seymour in 1868 and Horace Greeley in 1872 (Greeley carried six states, but died between the November election, when electors are chosen, and the December election, when the electors cast their votes).
