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In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.
Ulysses S. Grant
Born: April 27, 1822
Died: July 23, 1885 (aged 63)
Bio: Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States. As Commanding General of the United States Army, Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
Known for:
- Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (1885)
- Memoirs and selected letters
- Grant and Sherman: Civil War Memoirs
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