47: Bull Run, Trent Affair, the Merrimack, & Fort Donelson: The Early Days of the Civil War
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Ulysses S. Grant
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Ohio in 1822. Because his initials, H-U-G, spelled hug, and the serious-minded, stooped-shouldered Ulysses didn't need another reason for kids to tease him, he rearranged his name to be Ulysses H. Grant. A clerk got his name wrong and registered him as Ulysses S. Grant at West Point. After several far-flung post-war Army assignments, lonely Ulysses developed a drinking problem. Despite a productive military career with several bright spots, Ulysses entered civilian life. He tried farming near his father-in-law's property in Missouri
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