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   Ulysses S. Grant

   Civil War general, U.S. president ( to )

   Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see General Grant (disambiguation), President Grant (disambiguation), and Ulysses S. Grant (disambiguation).

   Ulysses S. Grant
   Grant c.&#;–
   In office March 4, &#;– March 4,
   Vice President
   Preceded by	Andrew Johnson
   Succeeded by	Rutherford B. Hayes
   In office March 9, &#;– March 4,
   President
   Preceded by	Henry Halleck
   Succeeded by	William Tecumseh Sherman
   In office August 12, &#;– January 14,
   President	Andrew Johnson
   Preceded by	Edwin Stanton
   Succeeded by	Edwin Stanton
   In office –
   Preceded by	E. L. Molineux
   Succeeded by	Philip Sheridan
   Born	Hiram Ulysses Grant ()April 27, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S.
   Died	July 23, () (aged&#;63) Wilton, New York, U.S.
   Resting place	Grant's Tomb, New York City
   Political party	Republican
   Spouse
   Children
   Parents
   Education	United States Military Academy
   Occupation	Military officer politician
   Signature
   Nicknames	Sam Unconditional Surrender
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   Years&#;of service
   Rank
   Commands
   Battles/wars

   Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant;^[a] Apr

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   Grant (book)

   biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ron Chernow

   Grant is a biography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18thPresident of the United States, written by American historian and biographer Ron Chernow. Grant, a Union general during the Civil War, served two terms as president, from to Chernow asserts that both Grant's command of the Overland campaign and his presidency have been seen in an undeservedly negative light.

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   Chernow had previously written about two Founding Fathers, in a biography of Alexander Hamilton () and George Washington (). "I had always had a fantasy about doing a big, sweeping saga about the Civil War and Reconstruction," Chernow said. "It fascinates me that there are so many Americans who know about the Civil War battles in intimate detail, but they know nothing about Reconstruction."^[1]

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   —Ron Chernow on the historical reputation of Ulysses S. Grant^[1]

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