Ulysses S. Grant
(1822 - 1885)
| Timeline |
| 1822 |
Born 27 April at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio |
| 1836 |
Grant attends the school of Richeson and Rand in Kentucky |
| 1838 |
Grant attends the Presbyterian academy at Ripley, Ohio |
| 1839 |
Appointed to West Point |
| 1843 |
Graduates West Point, is assigned to the Fourth U. S. Infantry at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri |
| 1845 |
Promoted to full second lieutenant, serves in conflict at Texas - takes part in capture of Mexico City |
| 1848 |
Grant marries Julia Dent; assigned to Madison Barracks at Sackett's Harbor, New York |
| 1850 |
Son, Frederick, is born |
| 1852 |
Transferred to California; son, Ulysses S. Grant Jr., is born |
| 1853 |
Promoted to captain |
| 1854 |
Grant is ordered to resign due to charges of drunkenness; moves to White Haven with Julia's parents |
| 1855 |
Daughter, Ellen, born |
| 1858 |
Fourth child, Jesse, is born; Grant enters real estate business |
| 1860 |
Begins work as a clerk in his father's store in Galena, Illinois |
| 1861 |
Grant is made a brigadier general in charge of Federal troops in southern Illinois and southeastern Missouri |
| 1862 |
Captures Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, victory at Shiloh; promoted to major general of volunteers |
| 1863 |
Captures Vicksburg |
| 1864 |
Commissioned a lieutenant general, named supreme commander of the Union armies |
| 1865 |
Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia |
| 1867 |
Grant agrees to be Secretary of War, ad interim |
| 1869 |
Grant is inaugurated as the 18th President of the United States |
| 1884 |
Mark Twain encourages Grant to write his memoirs |
| 1885 |
Dies 23 July in Mount McGregor, New York |
