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U S Grant - War College to President

West Point

Political foes would point to his academic position in "The Long Gray Line"..

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Battle and victory earned his place at the front: Commander-in-Chief

Mexican-American War

As Quartermaster the newly minted officer impressed his superiors..

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Of whom many he would face as foes of a different Army

Civil War

St. Louis and the rivers were key to holding the western front..

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Where those early battles made clear that winning meant total defeat of the South

Commanding General

Presidential judgement proved right in the end..

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Costing much to a nation still thankful for sacrificing to keep The United States

Original Republican

Republicans and their party would not have survived without victory..

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Lasting but one presidency only to die with Emancipation

Eighteenth President

Peace was upon the mourning nation..

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As the division remained so it does today: North and South

Grant's Tomb

Resting in a place as big as the man himself..

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General Grant National Memorial W 122nd Street and Riverside Drive New York, NY