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Tag Archives: 1885
Ulysses Simpson Grant - 18th U.S. President and General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1822-1885)
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, he unprotestingly accepted the clerical error changing his name to Ulysses Simpson Grant when he entered West Point in 1839. His new name, U.S. Grant, lent itself to his Old … Continue reading
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