General Ulysses S. Grant

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gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
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gptkb:Union
gptkbp:author gptkb:Personal_Memoirs_of_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac_Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Mexican_War_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Medal
gptkb:Civil_War_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:birth_date April 27, 1822
1822-04-27
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Point_Pleasant,_Ohio
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:General_Grant_National_Memorial
gptkbp:cabinet_member gptkb:James_Harlan
gptkb:James_G._Blaine
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:Robert_Todd_Lincoln
gptkb:Charles_Devens_Jr.
gptkb:John_A._J._Creswell
gptkb:William_Belknap_Jr.
gptkb:Hamilton_Fish
gptkb:David_M._Key
gptkb:George_W._Mc_Crary
gptkb:Elihu_B._Washburne
gptkb:Samuel_J._Kirkwood
gptkbp:children gptkb:Jesse_Root_Grant
gptkb:Nellie_Grant
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant_Jr.
gptkb:Frederick_Dent_Grant
gptkbp:death_date 1885-07-23
July 23, 1885
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Wilton,_New_York
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:election gptkb:1872_United_States_presidential_election
1868 United States presidential election
1876 United States presidential election
gptkbp:famous_for Leading the Union Army during the American Civil War
gptkbp:famous_quote ' Let us have peace.'
' The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.'
' In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.'
' I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.'
' It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.'
' The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.'
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Hiram_Ulysses_Grant
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Ulysses S. Grant
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:George_S._Patton
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:Douglas_Mac_Arthur
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gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
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gptkbp:military_service gptkb:Mexican-American_War
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gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Unconditional_Surrender_Grant
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh
gptkb:Battle_of_Vicksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Chattanooga
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gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Personal_Memoirs_of_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:political_position gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:president gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
March 4, 1869
March 4, 1877
1877-03-04
1869-03-04
18th President of the United States
Wrote memoirs
gptkbp:rank gptkb:General
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
Military History
Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
U. S. History
gptkbp:service_years 1861-1883
gptkbp:signature Ulysses S. Grant Signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Julia_Dent_Grant
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
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gptkb:William_T._Sherman
gptkb:Edwin_Stanton
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gptkb:March_to_the_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Stedman
gptkb:Battle_of_Sayler's_Creek
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