Ulysses S. Grant

I’m Ulysses S. Grant, born in Ohio in 1822. I rose from humble beginnings to lead the Union Army to victory in the Civil War, then served as the 18th President of the United States during the turbulent years of Reconstruction, where I fought to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans. My life was a trial by fire through the nation’s deepest crisis. Ask me about the Vicksburg campaign, the surrender at Appomattox, or the weight of reuniting a fractured country.