Ulysses S. Grant
- Son of Hannah Simpson Grant & Jeese Root Grant
- Born April 27, 1822
- Died on July 23, 1885
- General for the Union army of defensive maneuvers ordered by President Lincoln
- Februray 6, 1862 = captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River
- Nicknamed by soldiers as "Unconditional Surrender" Grant
- The Battle of Shiloh = the Union forces gained much more control of the Mississppi River Valley
- After the Civil War ended in 1865, General Lee from the Confederate army surrendered to Grant
- Graduated on July 1, 1843, from the U.S Military Academy located in West Point, New York
- He married the love of his life, Juila Boggs Den, on August 22, 1848
- Many of their conversations took place in love letters sent through the U.S postal service
- Ulysses & Juila had four kids throughout their life together