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Ulysses S. Grant (History Maker Bios Series)
Susan Bivin Aller, Tim Parlin (Illustrator)Log in to track your reading progress.
Overview
Question: What Civil War general later became president of the United States?Answer: Ulysses S. Grant. His father made him go to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War began, he turned out to be such a good officer that President Lincoln appointed him commander of all Union troops. Grant was so popular in the North he was elected president in 1868.
- As a child, he swung from the tails of his father's horses.
- His best grades at West Point were in art and horsemanship.
- He wrote a famous book about the Civil War.
Read these and other History Maker Bios about War Heroes: Robert E. Lee, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, George S. Patton Jr., Colin Powell.
Book Details
Published
December 25, 2004
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pages
48
Format
Paperback, 2004
ISBN
9780760760895