Lewis Addison Grant
Born: January 17, 1828
Birthplace: Winhall, Vermont
Father: James Grant 1772 – 1856
Mother: Elizabeth Wyman 1784 – 1875
1st Wife: Sarah Augusta Hartwell 1835 – 1859
(Buried: Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Massachusetts)
2nd Wife: Mary Helen Pierce 1836 – 1927
(Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Children:
Augusta Sarah Grant Stone 1859 – 1924
(Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Ulysses Sherman Grant 1867 – 1932
(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)
James Colfax Grant 1869 – 1930
(Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Education:
Attended Academy in Chester, Vermont
Occupation before War:
School Teacher in New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts
Attorney in Bellows Falls, Vermont
Civil War Career:
1861: Major of 5th Vermont Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 5th Vermont Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1862: Suffered from Typhoid fever in New Kent Court House, Virginia
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 5th Vermont Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1862: Suffered from the effects of Chronic diarrhea
1862: Served in the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Wounded while leading an assault at the Battle of Salem Church, Virginia
1863: Commander of Vermont Brigade at Battle of Gettysburg
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteer
1864: Served in the Wilderness Campaign in Virginia
1864: Wounded in the head during the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia
1864: Brevetted Major General Gallantry in the Shenandoah Valley
1865: Discharged from the Union Army on August 24th
1866: Declined appointment as Lt. Colonel in the United States Army
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Moline, Illinois
Attorney in Des Moines, Iowa
Land Investment Businessman in Des Moines, Iowa
Planned and laid out the city of Waukee Iowa
Real Estate Businessman in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1890 – 1893: United States Assistant Secretary of War
1893: Recipient of the Medal of Honor for his duty at Salem Church
Died: March 20, 1918
Place of Death: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cause of Death: Chronic nephritis, arteriosclerosis, edema of lungs
Age at time of Death: 90 years old
Burial Place: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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