Home of Ulysses S. Grant, Galena, IL
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| Ulysses S. Grant, eighteenth President of the United States, was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27th, 1822. He was graduated at West Point Military Academy in 1843, served through the Mexican War (1846-48), and was commander of the Union forces in the Civil War (1861-65). On Aug. 22nd, 1848, he was married to Julia Dent. Before the outbreak of the Civil War, their home was in Galena, Ill. Grant died on July 23rd, 1885, and his wife in 1902. They are both buried in an imposing tomb erected in Riverside Park, New York City, overlooking the Hudson. |
