Ulysses S. Grant

Within his family, he was.

In professional life, he was entirely without emotion. In battle, he remained totally unflappable. In dealing with enemy Generals with whom he had known before the war, he showed no favours or disfavours.

His strategic decisions could look brutal (like ending prisoner-exchange, and so condemning Union prisoners to the horrors of overcrowded camps) but they were just very logical and sensible, devoid of any emotive charge, so kindness or unkindness never came into it.

There were no wars in the United States while Ulysses Simpson Grant was president.

The riddle of "Who is buried in Grant's Tomb" was first told by Groucho Marx on his game show, "You Bet Your Life". The Answer is "Grant" meaning Ulysses S. Grant. However the reason its a riddle is because it is impossible to be "burried" in a tomb because a tomb is usually above ground, like a mosoleum. Technically you can only be "burried" in a grave. Grave is in the dirt, Crypt is underground, and Tomb is above ground.

Sheer credibility - he got things right, time after time.

Under fire, he was fearless, calm and steady.

When planning strategy, he showed insight far beyond what his shabby appearance and plain speech would suggest. He was a General of genuine creative originality, backed by the character to follow through.

Schuyler Colfax of Indiana was VP during Grant's first term. He was dumped from the ticket due to suspicion of being part of the Credit Mobilier affair. Henry Wilson of Mass. replaced him and was the VP for Grant's second term until his death November 22, 1875.
Schuyler Colfax and Henry Wilson were both Vice Presidents to Ulysses S. Grant.
During his first term in office (1869-1873), Schlyer Colfaxserved as Ulysses S. Grant's Vice-President. During his second term in office (1873-1877), Henry Wilson served as Ulysses S. Grant's Vice-President.

No, but there was a move to nominate him for a third term and he gave indication that he would accept a draft if it came, but the movement to draft him died.

It is still worth $1 in 2011 and 2012, but I'm not sure later on, probably a few dollars more after 20 or 30 years, but really, I HAVE NO IDEA!!

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Scandal is the name of a television series that began airing in 2012. The part of President Fitzgerald Grant is played by Tony Goldwyn. His part of the scandals include an adulterous affair, royal battles with the First Lady and an assassination attempt.

Ulysses Grant was 18 years of age when he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated at the age of 22 in the middle of his class. During his time at West Point he especially excelled in horsemanship. Indeed he was considered to be the finest horseman West Point ever produced and why he was not earmarked for the cavalry has confounded more then a few historians.

That was the year when he came to public notice - earning his pun-nickname 'Unconditional Surrender' (US) after the battle of Fort Donelson.

At the first big battle - Shiloh - he was much criticised for being caught napping and almost allowing his army to be pushed into the Tennessee river.

But the situation in the West improved steadily because of him, and by the end of the year he was on course to liberate the Mississippi.

Grant did not live in any one place for very long. He was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The family moved to Georgetown, Ohio soon after he was born and that was his home until he was 17 and went away to West Point. He lived in Georgetown longer than anywhere else, I believe.

Straight from West Point. It was before the Mexican War, in which he served with distinction.

After that war, he married and had children, before being posted far out in the desert. He missed his family so badly, that he drank on duty and was either discharged or resigned. (As General-in-Chief and later President, no doubt he was in a position to destroy inconvenient records.)

For some years, he was virtually unemployed. He tried farming, but failed. He had to ask his brother for a job as a store-clerk.

On the outbreak of the civil war, he used his influence with some Ohio politicians to get a colonel's commission, and was posted to Kentucky, where he performed well under General Fremont and commanded a brigade. He was on his way.

Siege of Vicksburg.

I'm pretty sure it's the battle of shilOh. I'm doing the Same homework bud

No.

He had resigned because he was missing his family.

Between then and the Civil War, he was often unemployed, and had to ask his brother for a job as a store-clerk.

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He liked Pickled Herring and was very fond of simple rice pudding. His meat had to be very well done.

For breakfast each day, he ate cucumbers soaked in vinegar.

a siege

He was drunk a majority of the time and he was involved in alcohol smuggling scandals, known as the "whiskey ring." He pardoned several of his friends that were involved in the scandal.

Grant spent most of his life as an army officer. He dropped out of the army for awhile and tried his luck at farming and other business pursuits. He was not very successful, so when the Civil War began, he got back into the army, rose in the ranks and ended as the supreme commander who won the war for the North. That achievement is what made him president.

Vicksburg, Mississippi surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1863 and a siege that lasted several months. Interestingly, because the surrender took place on that date, Vicksburg did not celebrate Independence Day until 1941.

He was considered one of the driving forces toward the Union winning the war because he was one of our best generals. But he didn't effect reconstruction much because most reconstruction material was done with by the time he became president.