After struggling through the succeeding years as a real estate agent, a laborer, and a county engineer, Grant decided to join the Northern effort in the Civil War.Īppointed brigadier general of volunteers in 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln, Grant claimed the first major Union victories of the war in 1862, capturing Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee. After the Mexican-American War concluded in 1848, Grant remained in the Army, but abruptly resigned in 1854. In 1846, three years after graduating, Grant served as a lieutenant in the Mexican–American War under Winfield Scott and future president Zachary Taylor. The son of an Appalachian Ohio tanner, Grant entered the United States Military Academy at age 17. Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant 1822-1885) was general-in-chief of the Union Army from 1864 to 1869 during the American Civil War and the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
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