https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv Made with mirth and tears. en-us 2018-11-20 15:27:17 UTC 2018-12-03 02:18:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/306400464 Born: April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio
Died: July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York]]> 2018-11-20 15:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/306400464 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310180493 2018-12-02 16:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310180493 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183033 -Ulysses slowly worked his way up to General-in-Chief.]]> 2018-12-02 16:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183033 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183123 -He started as the colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteers in April of 1861.]]> 2018-12-02 16:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183123 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183165 -Later that same Summer he was promoted to a brigadier general by Abraham Lincoln.]]> 2018-12-02 16:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183165 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183278 2018-12-02 16:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183278 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183299 2018-12-02 16:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183299 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183326 2018-12-02 16:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183326 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183438 2018-12-02 16:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183438 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183615 2018-12-02 16:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183615 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183867 2018-12-02 16:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310183867 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310184015 2018-12-02 16:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310184015 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310184344 2018-12-02 16:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310184344 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310184816 During the siege of Fort Donelson the Confederacy asked about terms for surrendering, Grant said, “No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.”]]> 2018-12-02 17:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310184816 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310190579 2018-12-02 17:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310190579 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310190641 Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, he had a pretty uneventful childhood, other than he was pretty good at riding horses. :D He wasn't that "outstanding" in school, he was shy and reserved taking after his mother rather than his father, who was outgoing. ]]> 2018-12-02 17:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310190641 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310190780 2018-12-02 17:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310190780 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310200152 At 17 his father arranged for him to enter the United State's Military Academy at West Point.]]> 2018-12-02 18:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310200152 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310200830 After some years in the military he earned the nickname "U.S. Grant".]]> 2018-12-02 18:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310200830 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310201677 2018-12-02 18:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310201677 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310201984 After his graduation he was stationed in St. Louis , Missouri, he met his future there Julia Dent]]> 2018-12-02 18:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310201984 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310202266 He was a quartermaster for the Mexican-American War.]]> 2018-12-02 18:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310202266 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310202407 Julia and Grant later had four children.]]> 2018-12-02 18:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310202407 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310202709 In 1854, he resigned from the military due to allegations of heavy drinking and warning of disciplinary action. ]]> 2018-12-02 18:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310202709 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310203051 After his resignation he moved back to Missouri with his wife and children.]]> 2018-12-02 18:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310203051 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310203431 He started to drink do to him missing his wife and children.]]> 2018-12-02 19:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310203431 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310203609 He was transferred to several different stations causing him to miss the birth of his fourth child.]]> 2018-12-02 19:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310203609 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310204043 2018-12-02 19:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310204043 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310204306 He later became the 18th President ]]> 2018-12-02 19:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310204306 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310204420 He was invited to go the play at Ford's Theatre with Abraham Lincoln the night of his assassination, but declined to visit family.]]> 2018-12-02 19:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310204420 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310204754 He was also the youngest man elected president at that time at age 46.]]> 2018-12-02 19:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310204754 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310205009 2018-12-02 19:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310205009 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310206683 Editors, History.com. “Ulysses S. Grant.” HISTORY, A&E Television Network, 29 Oct. 2009, www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ulysses-s-grant-1#section_2

]]> 2018-12-02 19:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310206683 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310208413 “Ulysses S. Grant.” AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST, HISTORY, 26 Apr. 2016, www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/ulysses-s-grant.]]> 2018-12-02 19:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310208413 micree1624 https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310208853 Editors, Biography.com. “Ulysses S. Grant Biography.” The Biography.com Website, A&E Television Network, 2 Apr. 2014, www.biography.com/people/ulysses-s-grant-9318285.]]> 2018-12-02 19:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/micree1624/wt3m13d5miwv/wish/310208853