Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback. 1865, Library of Congress. As a cadet at West Point, Ulysses S. Grant was an indifferent student. But as a young soldier in the Mexican War, he had ...

T he Battle of Shiloh was a complex two-day struggle in the early Spring of 1862 on the ... Ulysses S. Grant devised a plan with Andrew Foote to have his flotilla transport Grant’s troops down ...

For much of his life, Ulysses S. Grant failed at every occupation ... He successfully turned back a surprise Confederate attack at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. His capture of the city ...

Ulysses S. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents—those men who led and won key battles in war. Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the ...