Famous Illinoisians with Civil War Ties

Ulysses S. Grant

Soldier - Real Estate Agent - Merchant - General - US President

• Attended US Military Academy at West Point, NY
• Fought in Mexican War, 1846-1848
• Lived about 10 miles southwest of St. Louis, MO; Grant's Farm is now a tourist attraction owned by Anheuser-Busch Companies.
• worked in father's leather store in Galena, IL in April 1861
• Colonel of the 21st Illinois Infantry in 1861
• Brigadier, Major, and Liet. General during the Civil War
• Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site is in Galena, Illinois. The house was presented to Grant upon his return from the Civil War in 1865.
• Elected as 18th US President; served from 1869-1877
• died 23 Jul 1885 in New York
• buried in New York City.

Grant's Family

• Father: Jesse R. Grant
• Brothers: Simpson and Orvil
• Son: Frederick [at age 11, accompanied his father across Illinois with the 21st Infantry

Other WWW Information about U.S. Grant

• The Ulysses S. Grant Association
  • Photo from 1864 and description of Society
  • Grant's Military Service
  • Death of General Grant - poem by Walt Whitman
• US Presidents from University of Tennessee - Knoxville
• Inaugural Addresses of the US Presidents - Project Bartleby
  • 1st Inaugural Address - 4 Mar 1869
  • 2nd Inaugural Address - 4 Mar 1873
• US Grant Network
  • List of Grant Historic Sites
  • Favorite Books
• US Grant Homepage

References:

• REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR THE YEARS 1861-1866, v. 1, Illinois Adjutant General, 1900.
• Colonel Grant of the Illinois Volunteers. by John Y. Simon. Illinois Civil War Sketches, No. 6. published by Illinois State Historical Library for the Civil War Centennial Commission of Illinois

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