ULYSSES S GRANT 1822 1885 EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES GRANT ULYSSES S 1822 1885 U.S CONSTITUTION U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS CIVIL WAR U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ELECTIONS AND POLITICS ULYSSES GRANT BORN IN POINT PLEASANT OHIO ULYSSES S GRANT WAS EDUCATED AT THE U.S MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT HE SERVED IN THE MILITARY DURING THE MEXICAN WAR BUT RESIGNED IN 1854 TO EMBARK UPON A CAREER IN BUSINESS AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR IN 1861 HE RE ENTERED THE MILITARY AS COLONEL OF AN ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER REGIMENT SOON APPOINTED BRIGADIER GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS GRANT LED A 1862 EXPEDITION THAT RESULTED IN THE CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY FORT DONELSON AND A CONFEDERATE ARMY OF 15000 SOLDIERS FOR THIS SUCCESS HE WAS APPOINTED MAJOR GENERAL GRANT WAS IN COMMAND AT THE IMPORTANT BATTLE OF SHILOH IN 1862 AND HE CAPTURED VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1864 HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND PLACED IN COMMAND OF ALL U.S ARMIES IN 1865 HE ACCEPTED LEE'S SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE THUS ENDING THE CIVIL WAR THE FOLLOWING YEAR GRANT WAS PROMOTED TO GENERAL OF THE ARMY IN 1867 HE BECAME SECRETARY OF WAR THE FOLLOWING YEAR GRANT WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HE SERVED TWO TERMS DURING WHICH HE PRESIDED OVER RECONSTRUCTION HIS ADMINISTRATION WAS MARKED BY SEVERAL SCANDALS
