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Ulysses S. Grant

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Entries and Images from Ohio History Central about Ulysses S. Grant.

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth President of the United States. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War is one of the greatest conflicts in American history.

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Army of the Potomac

During the American Civil War, the Army of the Potomac was the North's primary army operating in the East. Organized in July 1861, this force confronted the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia throughout the conflict.

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Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam was the climax of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion of the North.

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Battle of Chattanooga

The Battle of Chattanooga took place from November 23 to November 25, 1863, during the American Civil War.

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Battle of Shiloh

The Battle of Shiloh occurred on April 6 and 7, 1862, at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston attacked a Union army under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant, hoping to repel the Northern advance.

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Ambrose Burnside

Ambrose Burnside was an important military leader for the North during the American Civil War.

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States.

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George B. McClellan

George B. McClellan was a prominent nineteenth century American military and political leader.

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