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Title
Ulysses
S
.
Grant
Shoulder
Mark
Subject
Presidents and Politics
Military Ohio
Civil War
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Military uniforms
Place
Point Pleasant (Ohio)
Brown County (Ohio)
Description
Ulysses
S
.
Grant
wore
this
lieutenant
general's
shoulder
mark
during
the
Battle
of the
Wilderness
in
Virginia
on
May
5-7
,
1864
. He was the
first
three-star
general
in the
United
States
Army
since
George
Washington
. The
shoulder
mark
measures
4.33
by
1.96
inches
(11
by
5
cm)
.
Born
Hiram
Ulysses
Grant
in
Point
Pleasant
Ohio
,
Grant
entered
West
Point
in
1839
where
a
roster
mistakenly
listed
his
name
as
Ulysses
Simpson
. He was
known
as
Ulysses
S
.
Grant
for the
rest
of his
life
.
Grant
served
in the
Mexican
War
but was
never
happy
with
military
life
and
resigned
his
commission
in
1854
.
After
unsuccessful
attempts
at
farming
and
real
estate
,
Grant
moved
to
Galena
,
Illinois
where
he
worked
in his
father's
leather
shop
. At the
outbreak
of the
Civil
War
, he
organized
a
company
in
Galena
and
later
accepted
command
of the
21st
Illinois
Regiment
. In
August
1861
,
Lincoln
made
Grant
brigadier
general
of
volunteers
.
Grant
came
to
national
attention
by
capturing
the
Confederate
Forts
Henry
and
Donelson
, the
first
major
union
victories
of the
war
. In
spite
of a
devastating
defeat
at
Shiloh
,
Grant
won
major
victories
at
Vicksburg
and
Chattanooga
. In
1864
,
Grant
was
made
lieutenant
general
commanding
all
the
armies
of the
U.S
. In this
position
,
Grant
devised
a
concerted
plan
of
action
for
all
the
Union
armies
.
Although
Grant
lost
to
Confederate
General
Robert
E
.
Lee
in
battle
,
other
northern
armies
were
successful
and
weakened
the
confederacy
.
Lee
surrendered
to
Grant
at
Appomattox
Court
House
on
April
9
,
1865
.
Grant
served
as
president
from
1869-1877
.
Southern
reconstruction
was
one
of the
major
issues
of
Grant's
presidency
. He
occasionally
encouraged
the
process
with the
force
of
federal
troops
.
Although
Grant
is
considered
to have been
honest
himself
, he was
surrounded
by
dishonest
men
,
causing
his
administration
to be
marred
with
scandal
.
Date of Original
1864
Source
Historical
object(s)
or
artifact(s)
;
H
50549
Format
picture
;
objects
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1434_1160618_001.tif
Image Height
1536
Image Width
2048
File Size
801.571 KB
Date created
2009-01-20
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