ULYSSES S. GRANT, THE GREAT GENERAL OF THE UNION ARMIES
Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1822
Early schooling
Fond of horses
167. A Poor Boy Becomes a Great Man. Ulysses Simpson Grant was born in 1822, in Ohio, at a place called Point Pleasant. When he was a year old his parents removed to Georgetown, Ohio, and there a few years later he attended school. He was taught little besides reading, writing, and arithmetic. As he grew up he helped his father and mother by hauling wood, plowing, and doing other useful work. He did not like the leather business, his father's occupation, but he found great pleasure in farm work because he was very fond of horses.
He liked to travel
Young Grant liked to travel. When the news came that he had been appointed a cadet at the United States Military Academy, he was glad because of the journey to West Point but not because of any other opportunities it offered. He did not like West Point, and studied only to please his father.
THE BIRTHPLACE OF GENERAL GRANT, POINT PLEASANT, OHIO
Fights under General Taylor