Ulysses Simpson Grant Name: GRANT, Ulysses Simpson (Hiram Ulysses) Born: April 27 1822, Point Pleasant OH Died: July 23 1885, Mount McGregor NY Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1843, Mexican war, garrison duty, resigned 1854, firewood pedlar, store clerk. War Service: 1861 commanded a camp of instruction, June 1861 Col. of 21st Illinois, May 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Belmont, Fts Henry and Donelson, February 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded Army of the Tennessee, Shiloh, Vicksburg campaign, July 1863 promoted Maj. Gen. in Regular Army, Chattanooga campaign, March 1864 Lt. Gen. and general-in-chief, Overland campaign. Post War Career: Army service, US president, businessman, writer. Notes: He was the general that Lincoln had been looking for. Further reading:Anderson, Nancy Scott The generals : Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee New York, Wings Books, 1994Badeau, Adam Military history of Ulysses S. Grant, from April, 1861 to April, 1865 New York, 1868-1881Dana, Charles A The life of Ulysses S. Grant : general of the armies of the United States Springfield MA, Gurdon Bill & Co., 1868Grant, Ulysses S Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant Blue Ridge Summit PA, Tab Books, 1991Lewis, Lloyd Captain Sam Grant Boston, Little, Brown, 1950 E-Mail Comments To Mike Bradley Back