West Point
Political foes would point to his academic position in "The Long Gray Line"..
![army cadets at attention wearing full dress and holding rifles upright, bayonets afixed and at the ready](C:\Users\hards\Desktop\indexpix\LongGrayLine.jpg)
Mexican-American War
As Quartermaster the newly minted officer impressed his superiors..
![army cadets at attention wearing full dress and holding rifles upright, bayonets afixed and at the ready](C:\Users\hards\Desktop\indexpix\MexicanAmericanWar.jpg)
Civil War
St. Louis and the rivers were key to holding the western front..
![army cadets at attention wearing full dress and holding rifles upright, bayonets afixed and at the ready](C:\Users\hards\Desktop\indexpix\CivilWar.jpg)
Commanding General
Presidential judgement proved right in the end..
![army cadets at attention wearing full dress and holding rifles upright, bayonets afixed and at the ready](C:\Users\hards\Desktop\indexpix\CommandingGeneral.jpg)
Original Republican
Republicans and their party would not have survived without victory..
![army cadets at attention wearing full dress and holding rifles upright, bayonets afixed and at the ready](C:\Users\hards\Desktop\indexpix\OriginalRepublican.jpg)
Eighteenth President
Peace was upon the mourning nation..
![army cadets at attention wearing full dress and holding rifles upright, bayonets afixed and at the ready](C:\Users\hards\Desktop\indexpix\Inauguration_of_President_Grant.jpg)
Grant's Tomb
Resting in a place as big as the man himself..
![army cadets at attention wearing full dress and holding rifles upright, bayonets afixed and at the ready](C:\Users\hards\Desktop\indexpix\grantstomb.jpg)