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Grant was Born
Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He was also born poor and was not handed a lot of money like some other people were. -
Grant Gets Married
Grant proposes to Julia Dent. She does not initially accept, but when Grant returns following a short visit to his family's home in Ohio, she agrees to a secret engagement. -
Grant Hears Shots
On May 3, 1846, Ulysses S. Grant heard his first shots of battle when, some 25 miles distant from where he was stationed, Mexican artillery fired on American troops north of the Rio Grande, and the Americans responded. The picture is showing a young Grant who was about to experience his first war. -
Grants First Kid
Frederick Dent Grant is born in St. Louis, named after Julia's father. This is grant's first kid and will be his first of four. -
Grant Resigns from the Army
Ulysses Grant resigns from the army in order to be reunited with his wife and two children. He begins farming the White Haven estate for his father-in-law -
Coming Back to the Army
Grant re-enters the army following the Confederate firing on Fort Sumter on April 12. He will join and stay on the union side of the war. -
Grant Wins at the end of the Civil War
Grant captures Petersburg and Richmond, VA. This was a huge factor in trying to end the war and let the north be victorious. -
Grant Becomes President
Grant became president but was very inexperienced. He was also the youngest president up to date. Grant got the ratification of the 15th amendment and helped national parks while in office. -
Grant is Inaugurated
Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War hero and Republican candidate, is inaugurated as the eighteenth President of the United States. -
Grant's Second Inauguration
Grant is about to serve his second and last term as the president of the United States of America. -
Grant Gets Caner and is Becoming Bankrupt
Grant is suddenly diagnosed with throat cancer. Also when this is happening he is starting to turn bankrupt and is starting to go downhill. -
Grant Died
Grant was starting to lose the war with cancer. He has also recieved a lot of debt and knew he had to pay it off. He was then racing against death to produce a memoir that ultimately earned nearly $450,000. Soon after completing the last page, in 1885, he died.
