Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was the first son of Jesse Root Grant, a tanner, and Hannah Simpson Grant. At age 17 Grant's father enrolled him in the United States Military Academy in West Point. An administrative error happened and changed his name. Originally his name was Hiram Ulysses Grant, but he was listed as Ulysses S. Grant. He decided not to change the mistake as to not cause any disturbance and impact his chances into getting into the Academy. In 1843, Grant graduated from the U.S Military Academy being the twenty first out of thirty nine in his class. He excelled in horsemanship, but in the rest of his subjects he was average. Grant was later stationed at St. Louis, Missouri and was commissioned