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2 giorni fa · Recognizing the dire situation, President Abraham Lincoln ordered Major General Ulysses S. Grant to take command of all Union forces in the West and lift the siege of Chattanooga. Grant wasted no time, immediately ordering reinforcements to the beleaguered city, including the 11th and 12th Corps from the Army of the Potomac in Virginia.[^4]
21 ore fa · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general , Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war .
5 giorni fa · The following are links to a variety of materials on the last days of General Grant's Life, his completion of the memoirs and the activities of his family. He died on July 23, 1885 at age 63 at Mt. McGregor, New York.
- Marie Kelsey
- 2013
13 mag 2024 · The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition by Ulysses S. Grant. Call Number: E672 .A3 2017. ISBN: 9780674976290. edited by John F. Marszalek with David S. Nolen & Louie P. Gallo. Presidents from Taylor through Grant, 1849-1877 by Jeffrey W. Coker. Call Number: E176.1 .P9214 2002.
4 giorni fa · Estimations of Grant’s military capabilities began to rise in the 1950s as historians and popular writers proved that forces under Grant’s command suffered fewer casualties than his Confederate counterparts. But the re-evaluation of his presidency has been much slower, beginning in the 1980s and continuing to this day.
2 giorni fa · Description. Activities. Impact. See also. References. External links. Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, and of his wife Julia.
16 mag 2024 · Chapter on Grant. Best material starts on p. 307. Excerpt from Garland's Roadside Meetings. "The Story of Ulysses S. Grant" is a chapter in this book relating Garland's impressions of Grant as he researched the general's life and wrote the biography, Ulysses S. Grant, His Life and Character.
