The home-state recognition comes alongside congressional action marking the 200th year of Grant's birth, in 1822, with a posthumous military promotion: to the U.S. Army's highest rank of General of the Armies of the United States. Authorization for the president to promote Grant — introduce...
ULYSSES S. GRANT was born on April 27, 1822 in a two-room log cabin in Point Pleasant in southwestern Ohio. His father, Jesse Root Grant, born January 23, 1794, near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was a tanner and made a great deal of money. His mother, Hannah Simpson Grant was born Novem...
Grant, and William Tecumseh Sherman following the Battle of Shiloh and Grant's unwillingness to resign his command at the order of Halleck. The relationship between Grant and Sherman is highlighted. Other topics include the military campaign at Corinth, Mississippi, promotion of officers, ...
Ulysses S. Grant was an American general, Union army commander during the late years of the American Civil War, and 18th president of the United States. It was under his command that the Civil War was brought to an end with a Union victory. He was later