Ulysses S. Grant

Born April 27, 1822 in OH

Died 1885

• Commanding General who led the Union Army (‘the North’) to victory against the Confederate States.

• West Point graduate who also fought in the Mexican-American War.

• Was an unsuccessful farmer and businessman before his steady rise in the Army.

• Became 18^th President of the United States and oversaw Reconstruction and the 15^th

“I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.”