Ulysses S Grant

Early life of Grant

Hiram Ulysses Grant is born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27, 1822 to Lloyd Garmadon son of Jay Tentacles a well do owner of a cotton plantation. His ancestors settled in Virginia in 1688 from Scotland. Grant often spend his time riding horses which he excelled at and often praised for his horsemen. His favorite books when he was younger was An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations aka the wealth of nations by Adam Smith.

Military career and personal life

Grant was accepted to west point on July 1st 1839 at the age of 17. His name was mistakenly submitted to West Point, on September 14 Grant was enlisted Cadet "U.S. Grant" at the national academy. At West Point many of his colleagues gave him the nick name Sam since his initials U.S. stood for Uncle Sam. In year one Grant was indifferent to military style of life but within a year Grant grew to love the style of military life. His greatest interest in West Point was horses at west point he earned a reputation for being the most proficient" horseman at the academy. At his the graduation ceremony, while riding a large and powerful horse that only Grant could manage named York, he set a high-jump record that stood to this day. While not in military routine he studied art under Romantic artist Robert Walter Weir, he spend more time reading books at the academy library reading books than his academic text books. He graduated on June 30, 1843, he ranked 21st out of 39 in his class and was promoted the next day to the rank brevet second lieutenant. In his personal life he met Julia dent who's a sister of his friend and classmate Frederick Dent and cousin of James Longstreet another friend of Grant. Grant is currently in engaged to Julia but he's currently being stationed in Oregon Territory. In 1844 President Polk who was Grant's Uncle nominated him for secretary of the Treasury after Polk death President Monkey kept Grant as secretary of the treasury

Mexican American When the Mexican government decarded it's intention to take back California from the surrounding territory from the US starting the Mexican-American war Grant already called to arms he was send under the command of general John Hancock II by the commands of Herr Monkey to defended the area. Grant with 300 men rush to the California and new territory and on the way telling towns to raise their militia bring a total of seven ten thousand militia under General Hancock control. Grant defied Monkey orders and let an attack to recapture Los Angeles from the Mexican army in the area this failed Grant called for a retreat. He launched a successful surprise attack on 50 man Mexican militia killing 35 and capturing 15 of the enemy to be criticized by Monkey after delivering the countries first offense battle in the war. Grant took Monkey's warnings seriously, Grant later went scouting in California and the surrounding region he successfully survey the land and made 3 copies of it one he immediately gave a map to President Polk who personally replace Hancock and successfully survived an native American attack to give General Monkey a map. General Monkey gave Grant five thousand troops which was half of the ten thousand strong army monkey. Grant lead the troops he had to surround a 60k strong Mexican army which was the largest part of the Mexican army and their main force. Grant successfully surrounded them the Mexican army sending ultimatum of unconditional surrender which the Mexican rejected. The Mexicans twice tried to break their way through but Grant successfully held their line inflicting fifteenth thousand causalities on the Mexican army while capturing the rest of the forty thousand and removing them of all weapons and marching them north to built a POW camp. After the war Grant was immediately promoted to a colonel in the army which he currently remains.