Ulysses S. Grant-One of the Greatest Battlefield Leaders

Running head : ULYSSES S GRANT

Ulysses S Grant one of the Greatest Battlefield Leaders

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This will take a peek into the life , the accomplishments and the victories and failures of Ulysses S Grant , one of the most able leaders America has ever seen . His strengths and weaknesses will be analyzed and highlighted , and a conclusion made

Ulysses S Grant , one of the greatest battlefield leaders

Ulysses S Grant , the Eighteenth President of the United States of

br America , and often credited as the man who was single handedly responsible for ending the Civil War served his country during the years from 1869 to 1877 . He was born the son of a poor tanner from Ohio , in the year 1822 . He was a rather average student , and apparently , he went to West Point against his will , where he managed to graduate at the middle of his class . After graduation , the young Ulysses Grant started to work at his father 's leather store in the state of Illinois , and this is where he was working still when the Civil War in which he was to play a major role in his future broke out . It is said that it was this work in his father 's tannery that Ulysses Grant developed a great proficiency and ability in handling equestrians , a trait that was to help him in his later endeavors and battles . It was in the years immediately after his...