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General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
General Wade’s Military Roads
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Fort Augustus PH32 4BY, Scotland

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States, Commanding General of the Army, soldier, international statesman, and author. During the American Civil War Grant led the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy with the supervision of President Abraham Lincoln. During the Reconstruction Era President Grant led the Republicans in their efforts to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism, racism, and slavery. From early childhood in Ohio, Grant was a skilled equestrian who had a talent for taming horses. He graduated from West Point in 1843 and served with distinction in the Mexican–American War. Upon his return, Grant married Julia Dent, and together they had four children. In 1854, Grant abruptly resigned from the army. He and his family struggled financially in civilian life for seven years. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Grant joined the Union Army and rapidly rose in rank to general. He won major battles at Shiloh and seized Vicksburg, Grant gained control of the Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy in two. In March 1864, after his victory at Chattanooga, President Lincoln promoted Grant to Lieutenant General, a rank previously reserved for George Washington. For over a year Grant's Army of the Potomac fought the Army of Northern Virginia led by Robert E. Lee in the Overland Campaign, and at Petersburg. On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, and the war ended. President Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Grant continued to serve as General of the Army under the new president, Andrew Johnson. Grant was disillusioned by Johnson's conservative approach to Reconstruction, and drifted toward the Radical Republicans. Elected president in 1868, Grant stabilized the post-war national economy, created the Department of Justice, and prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan under the Force Acts. He appointed African-Americans and Jewish-Americans to prominent federal offices. In 1871, Grant created the first Civil Service Commission. The Democrats and Liberal Republicans united behind Grant's opponent in the presidential election of 1872, but Grant was handily re-elected. Grant's new Peace Policy for Native Americans had both successes and failures. Grant's administration successfully resolved the Alabama claims and the Virginius Affair, but Congress rejected his Dominican annexation initiative. Corruption charges and the Panic of 1873 plagued Grant's presidency. After Grant left office in March 1877, he embarked on a two-and-a-half-year world tour that captured favorable global attention for him and the United States. In 1880, Grant was unsuccessful in obtaining the Republican presidential nomination for a third term. In the final year of his life, facing severe investment reversals and dying of throat cancer, he wrote his memoirs, which proved to be a major critical and financial success. At the time of his death, he was memorialized as a symbol of national unity. Historical assessments of Grant's legacy have varied considerably over the years. Historians have hailed Grant's military genius, and his strategies are featured in military history textbooks. Grant's presidency has traditionally been criticized for multiple scandals and for his protection of his friends. Recent scholarship has recognized his achievements, and regarded him as an embattled president who performed a difficult job during Reconstruction. Although rankings of presidents once rated his administration among the worst, modern appreciation for Grant's civil rights enforcement and diverse appointments have raised his historical reputation.
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