Ulysses S. Grant Recognized as the reason for the North's victory, Ulysses S. Grant commanded the Union Army during the bloodiest war in history of America, and became the 18th President of the United States. On April 27, 1822 a legend was born. Although he had a religious family, Grant preferred to pray alone. His parents, Jesse and Hannah Grant, were extremely strict with all six of his other siblings except him. Jesse Grant worked as a tanner under horrible circumstances where he produced leather from animal hide. In addition to working with dead animal remains, Jesse Grant earned his living as a tanner. Ulysses often worked in the tannery with his father, but he hated the place and vowed never to visit it once he became an adult. When Odysseus attended school, he was given the nickname “useless” because other students misinterpreted his calmness as a lack of intelligence. However, Grant had the gift of horsemanship. Therefore, Grant was given the responsibility of taming and handling horses and other farm animals for which he quickly became famous. His father saw how motivated he was to be more than just a tanner. Grant's family could not afford to pay his college expenses. As a result, Grant was enrolled in the United States Military Academy, which would pay for his education in exchange for military service, by his father. The congressman who registered Grant for the West Point appointment spelled his name using his mother's surname, Simpson (millercenter.org). After a failed attempt to correct the error, he began signing himself Ulysses S. Grant. In addition to his phenomenal math and drawing skills, Grant had little prior education, which gave others the impression that he was not...halfway paper......can-Americans, and he used the Army to built the Republican Party in the South, based on black voters, newcomers from the North” and “also developed an Indian peace policy, which sought to reform West Indian agencies and agencies.” He Americanized the Indians, negotiated reparations from the British for their role in undermining the Union blockade of Confederate ports, attempted to annex Spanish colonies to the south such as Santo Domingo and Cuba. After two terms as president, Grant fell ill with breast cancer throat. He had financial problems that continued to progress. Century Magazine contacted him and asked him to write articles about his “Civil War Experience.” He spent his last days writing. He found that he liked the idea of ​​writing about his experiences, so he organized his memoirs into a book that was completed before his final days. The book benefited his family financially.