Ulysses S. Grant

There has been ongoing debate about this for many years. What we do know is that the famous author Mark Twain approached President Grant about writing his memoirs. We also know that Twain did some (what he claimed to be minor) editing of the manuscript before the final version was published. However, Twain always denied that he wrote the memoirs, and even denied that he helped with anything other than light editing. And Grant's supporters always insisted that it was he alone who did all the writing. This may be one of these stories where we will never fully know the truth, but the memoir was released in 1885 and it sold well. To this day, Grant's Memoirs are still appreciated by historians and students.

In 1836 the USPS issued a commemorative (Scott #785) which features a portrait of Grant centered between two other Civil War generals. They are part of a 10-stamp set honoring the US army and navy.

In 1995 the US post office issued a sheet of 20 different commemorative stamps showing Civil War figures. One of them shows US Grant .The Scott catalog number for the sheet is 2975 and the Grant stamp is the 4th stamp in the top row. (#2975d).

Grant also appears on Scott #2217 , issued 1986, which is a 9-stamp sheet with pictures of the US presidents from Tyler (10th president) thru Grant (18th)

(Grant also appears as part of three regular issues)

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William T Sherman, Grant's closest friend, described him as one of the hardest people to understand he ever met. There is a distinct possibility that Grant suffered from high level autism, not unlike Asperger's syndrome. He had few friends as a child and few as an adult. He did not revel with fellow officers nor seek their society. He was quiet and said little, but when he did speak he could heard across a battlefield. He could order thousands to their death but could not stand the sight of blood, especially animal blood. His empathy with animals was legendary, and he was most likely the best horseman in America. The few friends he had he was devoted to, including Sherman and the Confederate General Longstreet. His command of the English language, as evidenced by his memoirs, shows a literary talent that is clearly genius. He rarely made eye contact, did not indulge in gossip nor politicked, which made his career in the peacetime army difficult. He was, in the opinion of his biographers, one of the most misunderstood men in American history. The stress caused by these awkward mental ticks drove him occasionally to drink and contributed to the constant smoking of cigars which eventually proved fatal.

Before the war, he was a demobbed Army Officer (possibly discharged for drunkenness) who tried farming, without success, and had to ask his brother for a job as a clerk in his store.

They were both arguably by far the 2 best civil war generals.

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He waged a war of attrition against the South. He knew that he had more resources and was always on the attack. Some have said he tried to deplete the rebel's ammunition supply by sacrificing his men. An example in the battle of Cold Harbor, where in one assault the Yanks lost around 7000 men in only 8 minutes.

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Grant lived in Galena, Illinois. You can still visit his house there.

Ulysses S. Grant was born on March 27, 1822 and died on July 23, 1885.

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The story that I heard is that he got the name from a minor league teammate named LeRoy Irby in Fargo, ND in 1954. No explaination as to why Irby called Grant 'Mudcat', just that he did. hey my friend you are exactly right can you get n touch with me @ bartowdaman@yahoo.com plz very important

When President Lincoln had appointed US General Grant as the Union's general in chief, he was given the sacred title of Lieutenant General, used only for George Washington. Grant would not be able to capture Richmond unless he first defeated the Lee led Army of Northern Virginia.

General Lee started started meeting with General Grant to negotiate terms of surrendering the civil war.

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Before becoming the 18th U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant served as a U.S. general. He was also a commander of the Union armies during the late years of the American Civil War.

As late as the US Grant presidency, the idea of buying the Dominican Republic as a homeland for freed American slaves was one of Grant's ideas to solve the American race problem.

Horace Greeley a post Civil War journalist who opposed having Grant run for President of the United States.

The 15th amendment was ratified. This amendment gave equal voting rights to people regardless of race. And serious federal money was spent to stop the efforts of the KKK to intimidate black voters.

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Yes, in fact, he did! Ulysses S. Grant was a favorite general of Abraham Lincoln at the time, and Grant had no problem taking charge and showing the South who's boss. What was so great about Ulysses was that he was one of the most successful generals in his time. Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president in 1869 until the year 1877. He died in the year 1885.

In the south most of the new black voters were Republicans and the many of the whites were not yet allowed to vote. In the North, the Democratic party which had split when the Civil War broke, was still not fully organized, so the Republicans had a great advantage. U.S. Grant was a national hero and tremendously popular for winning the long costly war.

Pros:

It could make the war cease sooner because they're all starving and miserable.

Cons:

It attacks and kills innocent people who might not even want the war.

It brutally destroys innocent people's lives.

It would take a long, long time to restore the land that was burnt.