Ulysses S. Grant Research Paper

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Born to Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant as Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Ulysses S. Grant was delivered to this world on April 27, 1822 at Point Pleasant, Ohio. During his childhood Grant did not participate in any exceptional activities but he did master in horsemanship. Grants father Jesse R. Grant was an outgoing business man and encouraged his son to follow his steps by involving him in his business but Grant was simply shy and humble like his mother.
At the age of only 17, Grants father organized for him to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point. At West Point, Grant was not much of a scholar, acquiring only average grades but eventually graduating in 1843 as 21st out of 39 of his class. After graduating, now