Ulysses S. Odisea by Grant
South Carolina (United States), 11 April 1861. The Confederates attacked the Sumter fort and thus began the United States War of Secession. When the news reached the village of Galena in Illinois, local authorities decided to form a soldiers company in the village. Ulysses S. Retired captain Grant was there and was appointed chairman of the recruiting commission. Three years later he would be General Head of the Armed Forces of the country and in 1869 he would be named Eighteenth President of the United States.
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was trained at the West Point Military Academy and was in the war against Mexico. After the conflict ended, in 1854, the captain withdrew.
It had not adapted to civilian life. He tried in vain to set up an agricultural business on a farm in Missouri. He then tried to get an engineer post almost guaranteed for those who had gone through West Point, but it didn't work for that. Hoping that the military experience would help him, he started working as a debt collector, and it didn't last long either. He finally decided to take over the leather company his father had in Illinois. His business had also failed.
In 1861, Grant was 39 years old, four children he could not conserve and, according to rumours, the severe love of alcohol that had increased by defeats. The civil war resurrected a former military man who had run aground.
Some historians praise the effectiveness of their military strategies. Others say that the success of Grant's campaigns was in the immense violence he used to use.
At the end of the war, it was up to the Republican president to manage peace. Grant’s unfortunate civil curriculum had not been enough to hinder the move to the highest office. And the country's business had taken them as badly as yours. The economic balance of the two legislatures was disastrous and, furthermore, the executive bodies of their respective governments faced serious corruption charges.
In his defence, it should be noted that, unlike one of the current candidates, he maintained a favourable attitude towards civil rights, especially the right to vote and the rights of indigenous people.
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