Suffering from terminal cancer, he hoped to secure his family’s financial future - at least in part - by publishing his memoirs. Only the outbreak of the Civil War and Grant’s eventual command of the Union Army provided the opportunity to display the military brilliance for which he would best be remembered.įollowing the war and two scandal-ridden terms as President of the United States, Grant again fell on hard times after involvement in some disastrous business dealings. Over the next seven years he tried his hand at several occupations but succeeded in none. Army for 11 years, Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) resigned his commission and found himself out of a job and out of money.
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