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Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant

Sam Grant

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Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, USA

Ulysses S. Grant

  • Dates: April 27, 1822-July 23, 1885
  • State: Ohio
  • Highest Rank Attained: Lieutenant General
  • Principal Commands: District of Southeast Missouri, Army of the Tennessee, Military Division of the Mississippi, General-in-Chief (all Union armies)
  • Principal Battles: Forts Henry & Donelson (1862), Shiloh (1862), Corinth (1862), Vicksburg (1862/3), Lookout Mountain (1863), Missionary Ridge (1863), Wilderness (1864), Spotsylvania Court House (1864), Cold Harbor (1864), Petersburg (1864/5)

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