April 27 in American History
Born in Ohio, Grant failed at business and nearly everything else before the Civil War made him the general who won it — relentless, unpretentious, and willing to do the grim arithmetic of victory. As president he fought to protect the rights of freed slaves. History has steadily raised its estimate of the quiet man who saved the Union on the battlefield.
In 1822: Ulysses S. Grant is born. Born in Ohio, Grant failed at business and nearly everything else before the Civil War made him the general who won it — relentless, unpretentious, and willing to do the grim arithmetic of victory.
Born in Ohio, Grant failed at business and nearly everything else before the Civil War made him the general who won it — relentless, unpretentious, and willing to do the grim arithmetic of victory. As president he fought to protect the rights of freed slaves. History has steadily raised its estimate of the quiet man who saved the Union on the battlefield.
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