On April 9, 1865, The Civil War finally came to an end. After four long years of bloody war and dead bodies, the horror stopped. So who’s the one who ended it? You might know him as Ulysses S. Grant! Let’s get to know him. Mr. Grant was born was born on April 27, 1822. When he was about 17 his dad arranged for him to be put in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Grant wasn’t very superior at West Point, but he was found to be excellent at horsemanship. He graduated in 1843. Soon Ulysses was ship off to the Mexican-American War where he served as a quartermaster. While he was serving under his generals he paid attention to their military actions and strategies and also their leaderships skills. He was then later known for his bravery when
He helped with the allies, wrote many of the orders issued from Headquarters and also helped to deal with the politicians. This brave action in the heat of battle helped to
Our story begins in Point Pleasant,Ohio. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27,1822. When he was young his father was a tanner. When he entered the military academy, a error had listed him as Ulysses S Grant. After graduation,Ulysses S. Grant was stationed in St. Louis, Missouri, where he met his future wife, Julia Dent.
George Custer was born on December 5, 1839. He was born in New Rumley, Ohio. George Custer’s full name is George Armstrong Custer. His occupation was being a General, His years of service were till 1861-1876. George was a commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars to.
Grant attended local schools until the age of 17, when his father enrolled him in the United States Military Academy at West Point because he no longer enjoyed working in the family business. While he was being enrolled, he was accidentally registered as Ulysses S. Grant and he decided to keep this name, rather than be denied by the school. While at West Point, he learned various military strategies and different ways to win a war, but he felt that he didn't excel there, so he planned to quit after his mandatory four years of service in
Because he noticed how much the patriots meant to him when he was helping them. Awesome achievements during the war are that he wrote a book called Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the troops for the United States. An amazing fact was that book was also a training guide for the men. It also had a different and shorter name called “Blue Book.” Fun Fact
His first victory took place in February 1862 when he successfully took control of Fort Henry which landed him a promotion to major general. His demanding ways and mind set along with the hunger for victory made him very successful. His career almost came to an end when there were demands for his removal after the bloodiest battle in the west. The demands for his removal were quickly overturned by president Lincoln.
He was appointed aide-de-camp by George Washington. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel. He commanded successful bayonet assault on British Redoubt Number 10 at battle of
Grant show great analytical skills while leading his men to victory. General quick to adapt to his surroundings when he was forced to push into Confederates land. Many call General Grant “A leader who can Fight.” The reasoning for this is because he was never afraid to attack who
Grant was a very prominent figure of the time period and led the Union to victory and helped heal the fractured United States afterward. General Grant began his military career at West Point when he was just sixteen. He was top of his class and when he graduated, he began his four years of service and went into combat in the Mexican-American War. He was promoted to captain as a result of his bravery during the war. After this, his four-year commitment to the army was up, he left and did not expect to come back.
He knew that he had to protect his fellow soldiers. He would get at the top of buildings that they have already taken over. He would set up there. He would watch over from like a bird's-eye view. If he saw a threat he would take them out.
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Ohio, but soon after Grant 's birth, his father, Jesse R. Grant, moved the family to nearby Georgetown, where he opened a tannery. Growing up, Grant found that he hated the tannery business and lacked any business knowledge, which would plague him for the entirety of his life Luckily, Grant did find a good outlet for his energy at West Point, which he entered at seventeen. A bureaucratic mistake changed his name to Ulysses S. Grant–something Grant never bothered to correct, as he had had never liked the initials H.U.G. very much. At West Point Grant remained solidly mediocre at every task except for equestrian skills, where he excelled. Soon after he graduated and arrived at his first posting in St. Louis,
Ulysses S. Grant was recognized by his success in the Civil War against the Confederacy army led by Robert E. Lee. “He was an honorable man who was unable or unwilling to see dishonor in others” (MillerCenter). Although he was a military officer, his thoughts on war differed compared to other officers when he was a child. As a child, Ulysses S. Grant stated that “a military life had no charms for him, and he did not have the faintest idea of staying in the army if he graduated” (Gran, 27). As a man with mixed emotions during his first year in the army, Ulysses became a well-recognized man after successfully giving America a new stepping stone towards freedom.
Ulysses was a very timid and reserved, he was not out of the ordinary as a child. His father was a tanner and he hated the fact of working as a tanner. So his father entered him at the Military Academy at West Point when he was seventeen. When he entered the school an accounting error had him as Ulysses S. Grant, at this time his name was still Hiram.
Abraham Lincoln By Stewart Tankersley Many people might recognize Abraham Lincoln as just the sixteenth president of the United States, but there is much more to his story than just that. Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. In 1830, he moved to Illinois and joined the legislature there in 1834. He married Mary Todd Lincoln in 1842 and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846.
He showed the true characteristics of a leader and a hero doing so by believing in equality and his men's determination to fight for their