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◀ 17th President 19th President ▶ Ulysses Simpson Grant 18th President of the United States of America :us34stars: Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant, was an American general and the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War. Grant first reached national prominence by taking Forts Henry and Donelson in 1862 in the first Union victories of the war. The following year, his celebrated campaign ending in the surrender of Vicksburg secured Union control of the Mississippi and—with the simultaneous Union victory at Gettysburg—turned the tide of the war in the North's favor. Named commanding general of the Federal armies in 1864, he...
William Tecumseh Sherman :us34stars: Born: February 8, 1820 Birthplace: Lancaster, Ohio Father: Charles Robert Sherman 1788 – 1829 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio) Mother: Mary Hoyt 1787 – 1852 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio) Wife: Eleanor Boyle “Ellen” Ewing 1824 – 1888 (Buried: Cavalry Cemetery and Mausoleum, St. Louis, Missouri) Married: May 1, 1850 in Washington, D.C. at Blair House Children: Maria Ewing “Minnie” Sherman Fitch 1851 – 1913 (Buried: Cavalry Cemetery and Mausoleum, St. Louis, Missouri) Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sherman 1852 – 1925 (Buried: Cavalry Cemetery and Mausoleum, St. Louis, Missouri) William Tecumseh “Willie” Sherman 1854 – 1863 (Buried: Cavalry Cemetery and Mausoleum, St...

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