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From Cadet Ulysses Grant to General of the Army
A long portrait traces Ulysses S. Grants early West Point years from his awkward youth and naming confusions to cadet life. The piece notes his initial disdain for military life, his slow rise from private to sergeant, and his various near-misses before a later destiny as Civil War hero and president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Grant
Georgetown
Ohio
Ulysses S. Grant
U. H. Grant
Jesse Grant
Hannah Simpson Grant
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Chance
Ulysses
Grandmother Simpson
Hiram
Hiram Ulysses
Lyss
Lyss Grant
Thomas L. Hamer
Hamer
Hannah Simpson
Ulysses Simpson Grant
War Department
Hiram Ulysses Grant
A. H. Grant
Military Academy
Ulysses Hiram Grant
Ulysses Simpson” Grant
Ulysses Hiram” Grant
Washington
Ulysses Simpson
Lfe
General Grant
W. E. Woodward
Horace Liveright
New York
Sherman
Bill
U. S. Grant
U. 8
U. S
United States
Sam
Sam Grant
Academy
Sam” Grant
Woodward
U. H
Mars
Congress
Cavalry
Infantry
Fourth Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis