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Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
1822–1885
Best known for leading the Union Army to victory in the Civil War, he later served as the 18th president of the United States during the difficult years of Reconstruction. His life moved from frontier Ohio to the White House, and his steady, plainspoken image has made him one of the most remembered figures of 19th-century America.
12 Audiobooks
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 1.
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant, Philip Henry Sheridan, William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 4.
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 2.
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 6.
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
State of the Union Addresses
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant — Volume 1
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 3.
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Part 5.
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to his father and his youngest sister, 1857-78
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant — Volume 2
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
About the author
Born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27, 1822, he entered West Point after a clerical mix-up left him listed as U.S. Grant, a name he kept. He served in the Mexican-American War, left the army in the 1850s, and struggled in civilian life before returning to military service when the Civil War began.
Grant rose quickly through the Union ranks and became the commanding general whose campaigns helped bring the war to a close in 1865. He was widely admired for his persistence and calm under pressure, and his acceptance of Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox became one of the defining moments of the war.
Elected president in 1868, he served two terms from 1869 to 1877. His presidency was shaped by Reconstruction and efforts to protect the rights of formerly enslaved people, even as his administration was damaged by major scandals involving people around him. After leaving office, he traveled the world and later wrote his celebrated Personal Memoirs while dying of throat cancer; he died on July 23, 1885.