Description: This is a landscape drawing by Ulysses S. Grant, drawn while he was a cadet at West Point in New York, ca. 1840. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Upon entering the United States Military Academy at West Point, he attempted to change his name from Hiram Ulysses to Ulysses Hiram but found that his name had already been mistakenly recorded at West Point as Ulysses Simpson Grant, which he never corrected. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), Grant was promoted to the rank of general and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H83983_01
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Civil War 1861-1865; Military Ohio; Presidents--United States; Drawings (visual works)
Places: West Point (New York)
 

Description: Photograph of Julia Dent Grant, wife of Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant, taken at the beginning of the war, ca. 1861. The couple met in Missouri in 1844, when Grant was stationed with Dent's brother at the United States Army base at Jefferson Barracks. Within one year, the couple was secretly engaged, as Julia's father, Frederick Dent, initially opposed the marriage due to Grant's lower economic status. Soon, Mr. Dent relented, but the United States had entered into the U.S.-Mexican War, further postponing the marriage. With the war's conclusion, Dent and Grant were married on August 22, 1848. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04539
Subjects: Presidents' spouses--United States; Other--Family History; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: Photomechanical reproduction of a portrait photograph of Hannah Simpson Grant, mother of Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant, ca. 1860's. The Grant family lived in Georgetown, Ohio, where Jesse Grant operated a tannery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04537
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Grant Family; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
Places: Georgetown (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Julia Dent Grant, wife of Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant, ca. 1877-1879. This portrait was possibly taken while President and Mrs. Grant were touring Europe. The couple met in Missouri in 1844, when Grant was stationed with Dent's brother at the United States Army base at Jefferson Barracks. Within one year, the couple was secretly engaged, as Julia's father, Frederick Dent, initially opposed the marriage due to Grant's lower economic status. Soon, Mr. Dent relented, but the United States had entered into the U.S.-Mexican War, further postponing the marriage. With the war's conclusion, Dent and Grant were married on August 22, 1848. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04540
Subjects: Presidents' spouses--United States; Other--Family History; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
 

Description: Portrait of Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia Dent Grant. They met in Missouri in 1844, when Grant was stationed with Dent's brother at the United States Army base at Jefferson Barracks. Within one year, the couple was secretly engaged, as Julia's father, Frederick Dent, initially opposed the marriage due to Grant's lower economic status. Soon, Mr. Dent relented, but the United States had entered into the U.S.-Mexican War, further postponing the marriage. With the war's conclusion, Dent and Grant were married on August 22, 1848. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04523
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant Family; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
 

Description: Birthplace of U. S. Grant. Ulysses Simpson Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. In 1823, his family moved to Georgetown, Ohio. Grant lived there until he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1839. Grant graduated from West Point in 1843. He ranked twenty-first in a class of thirty-nine students. Grant served under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican-American War. In the years before the American Civil War, Grant lived much of the time in St. Louis, Missouri, working as a real estate agent and as a farmer. He failed in both of these businesses. Grant also assisted his father in a tannery business. After the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Grant volunteered for military duty. He first served as colonel of the Twenty-First Illinois Infantry but soon was promoted to the rank of brigadier general due to his previous military experience. In March 1864, President Lincoln promoted Grant to lieutenant general and named him supreme commander of all Union forces. By early June 1864, Grant had surrounded General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Petersburg, Virginia, and a ten month siege ensued. The Northerners finally drove the Confederates from Petersburg in early April 1865, and The Army of Northern Virginia surrendered on April 9, 1865. n 1868, the Democratic Party chose Horatio Seymour as its presidential candidate. Seymour, a former governor of New York, supported states' rights and opposed equal rights for African Americans with whites. The Republican Party selected Grant, a defender of equal opportunities for African Americans with whites and a supporter of a strong federal government. Grant easily won the Electoral College vote, capturing twenty-six of the thirty-four states. Grant's first term as president was troubled with corruption. Grant remained above the corruption, but some of the U.S. public faulted him for his poor leadership and his inability to control his cabinet. Grant sought reelection in 1872. He won easily, receiving fifty-six percent of the popular vote. Grant promised to end the violence in the South but did little about it during his second term. An economic depression in 1873 further alienated the public from Grant. Due to Grant's declining popularity, the Republican Party nominated Rutherford B. Hayes as president, although Grant had desired to seek a third term. Grant also sought the party's candidacy in 1880, but the Republicans selected James Garfield instead. Grant spent his last years in New York, writing his memoirs. When he was elected president, Grant had resigned his commission in the military. In 1885, the United States Congress reappointed Grant as General of the Army. His salary helped him pay rising bills. He died on July 23, 1885 from throat cancer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07703
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Birthplaces; Historic houses
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of General Ulysses S. Grant, who served with the Union Army during the Civil War, fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and many other locations, primarily in the Western Theater. He went on to become President of the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_17
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Military Ohio
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with hat and long beard, taken during the Civil War era. Grant went on to become the 18th President of the United States in 1868 and was reelected in 1872. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04533
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
Places: New York (New York)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, 1865. Grant was commissioned Lieutenant General by Abraham Lincoln in March 1864. The black armband hanging from his sleeve may be a mourning band for President Abraham Lincoln who was assassinated on April 14, 1865. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04543
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
 

Description: Exterior view of Grant's tannery and wagon in Georgetown, Ohio, as it appeared on Sept. 8, 1892. The front of the building is festooned with American flags, and two unidentified men stand in front. Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873), father of Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant, once operated this tannery. The Grant's home, in which Ulysses lived from 1823 until he left for West Point in 1839, was located nearby. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04550
Subjects: Brown County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant Family; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
Places: Georgetown (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the birthplace of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, 1864. Dr. J.G. Rogers, a family physician, is pictured in front of the cabin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04518
Subjects: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant Family; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the funeral train for Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant stopped on tracks in Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1885. There is a large wreath on the front of the train, and the initials "U.S.G." appear on the side of the funeral car. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04528
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
Places: Asbury Park (New Jersey)