Anna Mary "Grandma Moses" Robertson Russell Robertson Sarah King Hezekiah King John King Sarah Reed Esther Tomson Mary Cooke FRANCIS COOKE. One visitor to the White House noted "a puzzled pathos, as of a man, with a problem before him of which he does not understand the terms. Not only were they profitable, netting his family $450,000, but they also have become an American classic. Others fought doggedly to hold their line. That morning the Confederates were pushed back on the ground that they had fought so hard to win the day before. death of "tho illustrious soldier, patriot, and ex-Presidont. There, in several days of desperate fighting, Grant's gains were negligible and he suffered numerous casualties. He started writing his recollections to pay off his debts and provide for his family, racing against death to produce a memoir that ultimately earned nearly $450,000. When Johnston's powerful Army of the Mississippi hit the federal [William Tecumseh Sherman] camps, they had achived complete suprise. He was chosen as the Republican presidential candidate at the 1868 Republican National Convention in Chicago; he faced no significant opposition. The personnel of the departments was largely demoralized. "Memoirs," Volume I, went to the press. His early postings in the Great Lakes region were happy because he was with his new wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826 - 1902), whom he married on Aug. 22, 1848. He also proposed to annex the independent, largely black nation of Santo Domingo. Ulysses arrived at West Point and discovered that the congressman who appointed him, in doubt about his name, had used his middle name first and had used his mother's maiden name (Simpson) for a middle name. She is also rather stern and . Publicly Grant said nothing, but privately he wanted the job and encouraged his men. Get Started. It would change all preconceived notions that the Civil War would be short-lived. President Grant with his wife, Julia, and son, Jesse, in 1872.The first scandal to taint the Grant administration was Black Friday, a gold-speculation financial crisis in September 1869, set up by Wall Street manipulators Jay Gould and James Fisk. Today, it is believed that Grant suffered from a T1N1 carcinoma of the tonsillar fossa[38]. This helped secure for him the Republican presidential nomination in 1868. Geni requires JavaScript! Start your free trial today to learn more about your ancestors using our powerful and intuitive search. "It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. . In 1863, he won the Battle of Vicksburg, a vital battle that gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. A few months later, however, with considerable help from the Federal navy, Grant captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson on respectively, the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. The Crdit Mobilier of America scandal also ruined the political career of Grant's first Vice President, Schuyler Colfax, who was replaced on the Republican ticket in the 1872 election with Henry Wilson, who, ironically, was also involved in the scandal. Grant's attempts to protect the army of occupation in the South deflected him from Johnson and toward the Radical Republicans and their more rigorous Reconstruction policies. Au dbut de la guerre de Scession, Ulysses Grant est enrl en tant que capitaine puis est trs vite nomm colonel Springfield en Illinois. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was working in his father's leather store in Galena, Illinois. Realizing that he could not wait for another Federal advance, Johnston began concentrating forces at Corinth, Mississippi, where he hoped to take the offensive and destroy General Grant's Army of the Tennessee before it could be joined by General Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio. (1794-1873) Hannah Simpson. The division consisted of Illinois and Iowa farm boys mostly, under the command of General Prentiss. Horace Porter who served with him, described a scene of a soldier dying beside a roadside during the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, and Grant's reaction as the dying young man was splattered with mud by a passing rider: The general, whose eyes were at that moment turned upon the youth, was visibly affected. Indeed he brought part of his Army staff to the White House. Grant helped recruit a company of volunteers and accompanied it to Springfield, the capital of Illinois. Research genealogy for Ulysses S Grant Eaton of Saline, Illinois, as well as other members of the Eaton family, on Ancestry. ", DECEMBER, 1838. APRIL 7, 1865. Perdita is the female protagonist of the 1961 Disney animated feature film One Hundred and One Dalmatians. He had, however, impressed Abraham Lincoln with his self-reliance, bulldog tenacity, and confidence in final victory; so, early in 1864 he was promoted to lieutenant general and named general in chief of all the Federal armies. In 1852, however, he was sent to the Pacific Northwest, where he was unable to have his family with him. He supported amnesty for former Confederates and signed the Amnesty Act of 1872 to further this. On the night of April 6, the long-awaited arrival of Don Carlos Buell's reinforcements arrived. In Japan, they were cordially received by Emperor Meiji and Empress Shken at the Imperial Palace. DECEMBER 10, 1885. In addition, his image as a war hero was tarnished by corruption scandals during his presidency. After retiring from the Presidency, Grant became a partner in a financial firm, which went bankrupt. The Grant administration's first economic accomplishment was the signing of the Act to Strengthen the Public Credit which the GOP Congress had passed after Grant's inaugural in March 1869. Grant left office in 1877 and embarked upon a two-year world tour. Grant began his lifelong career as a soldier after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1843. Grant replied that he was anxious to visit his children at Burlington, New Jersey. Ulysses' father owned a tannery and was a well-known radical republican. He was appointed by the Governor to command an unruly volunteer, regiment. 1 (Orange & Augusta counties, with tithables, delinquents, petitioners, 1730-1754). Although baptized Hiram Ulysses, Grant was listed by the congressman who secured his appointment to West Point as Ulysses Simpson, the latter being his mother's maiden name. He planned to hold new elections so slaves could vote, and Ulysses was elected 18th president of the U.S. in 1868 and again in 1872. Nomm par Abraham lincoln Lieutenant Gnral il devient le commandant en chef de toutes les armes le 17 mars 1964. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America. With this Grant's treasury secretary Boutwell had established a policy which if continued would had paid off the national debt in a quarter of a century. 18th President of the USA Ulysses is my 6th cousin 3 times removed. ", MAY 15, 1839. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States. Despite his reputation, deserved or not, as an uncaring butcher, Grant was always concerned about the sufferings of the wounded. B. That same year, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Here is a little bit about Grant from a history of the Civil War & the battle of Shihloh. In 1874, he vetoed a bill to increase the amount of a legal tender currency, which defused the currency crisis on Wall Street but did little to help the economy as a whole. Scarcely less prominent in American annals than the record of these two lives (General R.E. Beauregard in the Battle of Shiloh. Then, Grant dispatched Philip Sheridan to the Shenandoah Valley to deal with Early. Son of Hiram Ulysses Grant and Julia Boggs (Dent) Grant Brother of Frederick Dent Grant, Ellen Wrenshall (Grant) Jones and Jesse Root Grant Husband of Frances Josephine (Chaffee) Grant married 1 Nov 1880 in New York, New York Husband of America Rosa (Workman) Grant married about 1916 in California, United States [uncertain] Descendants He was a remarkably close observer of the war, learning to judge the actions of colonels and generals. This success of February 1862 brought him new prominence, and he was advanced to major general. Grant returned to the United States from Japan on board the Pacific Mail steamship City of Tokio. Although he turned out to be a bad husband, he left Nellie a wealthy widow in 1893. Grant's hard-money stand delighted business and banking interests and helped him win reelection over Horace Greeley in 1872. His father Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873) was a self-reliant tanner and businessman of Yankee and English ancestry, from an austere family. 'To West Point; I have applied for it.' While my father carried on the manufacture of leather and worked at the trade himself, he owned and tilled considerable land. was general-in-chief of the Union Army from 1864 to 1865 during the American Civil War and the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. In March 1864, Grant put Major General William T. Sherman in immediate command of all forces in the West and moved his headquarters to Virginia where he turned his attention to the long-frustrated Union effort to destroy the Army of Northern Virginia; his secondary objective was to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, but Grant knew that the latter would happen automatically once the former was accomplished. One visitor to the White House noted "a puzzled pathos, as of a man with a problem before him of which he does not understand the terms.". I never thought of acquiring rank in the profession I was educated for; yet it came with two grades higher prefixed to the rank of General officer for me. The home of President Grant while he lived in Galena, Illinois.Shortly after Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln put out a call for 75,000 militia volunteers. Brother of Samuel Simpson Grant; Clara Rachel Grant; Virginia Paine Corbin; Orvil Lynch Grant; Mary Frances Cramer (Grant) and 1 other; and Jennie Grant less. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on 27 April 1822 in Clermont, Ohio, to Jesse and Hannah (Simpson) Grant. Si les historiens considrent Ulysses Grant comme un excellent gnral, ils le jugent un trs mauvais Prsident des Etats-Unis malgr une intgrit personnelle qui ne fut jamais remise en cause. It also needed to save the Mississippi Valley. Grant va mener ses troupes contre les armes confdres du Gnral Lee jusqu'au sige de Petersburg. la fin de son second mandat, il prend sa retraite et voyage pendant deux ans et rdige ses mmoires qu'il achve quelques jours avant de mourir d'un cancer de la gorge le 23 juillet 1885 au Mount McGregor, comt de Saratoga, tat de New York. Ulysses S. Grant Jesse Root Grant 1858-1934 With Lillian Burns 1864-1924 Paternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts Noah Grant 1748-1819 (1773) Ann Buel Richardson Noah Grant 1748-1819 (1792) Rachel Miller ca 1770-1805 Maternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts John Simpson 1767-1837 (1793) Rebecca Weir 1757..1770-1801 Mary Simpson 1794- Neither Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander, nor Albert S. Johnston, the Confederate commander, could possibly know what this day would hold. JULY 28, 1843. Leaving Sherman in command in the West, Grant established his headquarters with George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac in the East. One hundred forty-five years after Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant fought to a draw at the Battle of the . With grim determination, he stabilized his line. Grant's chief successes, due largely to his capable secretary of state, Hamilton Fish, were scored in the field of foreign affairs. Soon after completing the last page, in 1885, he died. Thus far during the war, Grant, although ambitious for advancement in the army, had remained largely disinterested in politics. They included favorable settlement of the Alabama Claims dispute with Britain. Terminally ill, Grant finished his memoir just a few days before his death. Congressman, Thomas L. Hamer, who erroneously nominated him as "Ulysses S. Grant of Ohio. There were as many people killed at Shiloh as there were at Waterloo. The coffin was placed in a hastily constructed temporary tomb. In November 1861 he launched an ill-prepared attack on Belmont, Mo., where, after an initial advantage, he was forced to fall back, with losses. Descendants of Ulysses Simpson Grant Generation No. Grant first wrote several articles on his Civil War campaigns for The Century Magazine, which were warmly received. A Confederate officer saw him wobbling in his saddle and ask if he were hurt. Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant[2]) (April 27, 1822 July 23, 1885) was general-in-chief of the Union Army from 1864 to 1865 during the American Civil War and the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. After the Mexican-American War concluded in 1848, Grant remained in the Army, but abruptly resigned in 1854. Ralph Waldo Emerson Ruth Haskins Hannah Upham Hannah Waite Lydia Sargent Lydia Chipman Hope Howland ELIZABETH TILLEY (an entirely female line . 0. As President, Grant led Reconstruction and built a powerful patronage-based Republican Party in the South, straining relations between the North and former Confederates. No enemy is nearer than Corinth." Arriving at Petersburg, Virginia, first, Grant should have captured the rail junction city, but he failed because of the overly cautious actions of his subordinate William Smith. Washington, July "2:3, 188-">, eleven o'clock a. m. Ex-President, gathered around his death bed. [29] Grant was appointed as such by President Andrew Johnson on the same day. Family Tree Maker [15] At this juncture, Grant's command was known as the Army of West Tennessee; soon, however, it would acquire its more famous name as the Army of the Tennessee. Mais aprs une vie civile o il exercera plusieurs mtiers, la guerre civile le fera reprendre les armes en tant nomm colonel de la 21e division d'infanterie de l'Illinois puis Gnral de brigade des volontaires le 7 aot 1861. During the winter of 1861-62 Federal forces pushing southward from St. Louis captured Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Officers insisted that Ulysses S. Grant had been appointed to West Point, Hiram Ulysses Grant had not. The latter parts were scrawled in pencil on a tablet and transcribed by former staff officer Adam Badeau and Grant's oldest son, Frederick. About that time he learned that he had cancer of the throat. He was appointed by the Governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment. He helped rebuild the Republican Party in the South, an effort that resulted in the election of African Americans to Congress and state governments for the first time. . Grant was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren. [19] That fall, Grant had overall command of the Union forces for the battles of Iuka and Corinth, although the fighting in those battles fell mostly to Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans. That night dead lay everywhere. He relentlessly opposed the Ku Klux Klan, however, in which effort he was aided when Congress passed the so-called Force Acts of 1870 - 1871. His rank, established automatically by his West Point graduation, would be brevet second lieutenant. Halleck. In 1856, he voted for Democrat James Buchanan for president to avert secession and because "I knew Frmont" (the Republican candidate). To get his family out of debt he undertook to write his memoirs. Home His Life Civil War Grant Sites For Researchers Presidency Julia Dent Grant For Students Up Close and Personal Quotes About Grant Quotes by Grant Thus Grant eluded the plan of John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators to assassinate him along with Lincoln. The Union line wavered and bent, but would not break. On May 11, Grant wrote a famous dispatch containing the line "I propose to fight it out along this line if it takes all summer". Then, in battles at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge in November 1863, he defeated Braxton Bragg and opened the way toward Dalton, Ga., and eventually for William T. Sherman's advance on Atlanta and Savannah. Finally, on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Lee surrendered. Ulysses S. Grant's family history is filled with his accomplishments during the Civil War, which led directly to him becoming president. 'What appointment?' On the morning of April 6, Johnston told his fellow officers "Tonight we will water our horses in the Tennessee." In the late 1870s, he watched as the Democrats (called Redeemers) took the control of every state away from his Republican coalition. [34] Historian Allan Nevins concludes:[35]. Il est ensuite rlu mais ce sera une succession de crises conomiques et de scandales. The Panic of 1873 hit the country hard during his presidency, and he never attempted decisive action, one way or the other, to alleviate distress. The Confederate commander, Brig. Cold Harbor was one of Grant's most controversial battles, in which he launched on June 3 a massive three-corps assault without adequate reconnaissance on a well-fortified defensive line, resulting in horrific casualties (3,0007,000 killed, wounded, and missing in the first 40 minutes, although modern estimates have determined that the total was likely less than half of the famous figure of 7,000 that has been used in books for decades; as many as 12,000 for the day, far outnumbering the Confederate losses). We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to . The cadets entered the barracks for the school year. Grant met with the Cabinet to discuss Lee's surrender and the future of the South. Les tactiques de Grant (attaques, assauts, retraites, siges) sont finalement un succs malgr un trs lourd tribut en vies humaines. He sought to win control of the Mississippi Valley. Clockwise from lower left: Graduation from West Point (1843); In the tower at Chapultepec (1847); Drilling his Volunteers (1861); The Battle of Fort Donelson (1862); The Battle of Shiloh (1862); The Siege of Vicksburg (1863); The Battle of Chattanooga (1863); Appointment as Commander-in-Chief by Abraham Lincoln (1864); The Surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House (1865)Lieutenant Grant served in the MexicanAmerican War (18461848) under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott, where, despite his assignment as a quartermaster, he got close enough to the front lines to see action, taking part in the battles of Resaca de la Palma, Palo Alto, Monterrey (where he volunteered to carry a dispatch on horseback through a sniper-lined street), and Veracruz. In 1865, after mounting a successful war of attrition against his Confederate opponents, he accepted the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House. Includes material suitable for the K-12 audience. Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Ulysses S. Grant born 1822 Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, USA died 1885 Mount McGregor, New York, USA including ancestors + descendants + 17 photos + 14 genealogist comments + questions + Y-chromosome DNA + more in the free family tree community. In a Confederate camp that night one soldier said, "You can hear the screams of the injured. A farm pond near the peach orchard was covered with soldiers from both armies. The campaign continued. He tried to bludgeon his way through the Virginia Wilderness, but he was checked and forced to sidestep toward Spotsylvania Court House (see Spotsylvania, Battle of). [30], Cartoon by Thomas Nast on Grant's opponents in the re-election campaign. Julia Boggs Dent-Grant (January 26, 1826 - December 14, 1902), was the wife of the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and was First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877. President Lincoln fended off demands for his removal by saying, "I can't spare this man--he fights.". Genies lamp appeared in Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, during the song "This Is the End". "Yes," replied General Lee, "I know I met you on that occasion, and I have often thought of it and tried to recollect how you looked, but I have never been able to recall a single feature. I have always remembered your appearance, and I think I should have recognized you anywhere." Grant writing his memoirs.In 1881, Grant purchased a house in New York City and placed almost all of his financial assets into an investment banking partnership with Ferdinand Ward, as suggested by Grant's son Buck (Ulysses, Jr.), who was having success on Wall Street. C'est le 23 juillet 1885 au Mont McGregor, dans le comt de Saratoga, que le grand gnral nordiste s'teindra. He came out with his clothes tattered from bullets that had grazed him, and his boot sole was shot. On estime que 90 000 personnes ont contribu au financement du mausole en donnant environ 600 000 dollars. AUGUST 8, 1885. When he read it he said to me, 'Ulysses, I believe you are going to receive the appointment.' ", Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. It settled American claims against Britain concerning the wartime activities of the British-built Confederate raider CSS Alabama. Finding that assaults against the impregnable breastworks were futile, he settled in for a six-week siege. Grant's approaches to the north of Vicksburg were also ineffective and resulted in the abortive "Bayou Expeditions" in the spring of 1863. In his re-election campaign, Grant benefited from the loyal support of Harper's Weekly political cartoonist Thomas Nast and later sent Nast a deluxe edition of Grant's autobiography when it was finished. Shiloh is a Hebrew word meaning place of peace. Both General Floyd and Pillow, the two senior Confederate commanders fled. [37] His popularity was fading however, and while he received more than 300 votes in each of the 36 ballots of the 1880 convention, the nomination went to James A. Garfield. In 1884, broke and dying of cancer, he wrote his memoirs. I certainly never had either ambition or taste for political life; yet I was twice president of the United States. Peach blossoms covered the dead like a fresh-fallen snow. Home His Life Civil War Grant Sites For Researchers Presidency Julia Dent Grant For Students Up Close and Personal On Oct. 25, 1862, Grant was restored to a vital position. L'affaire est classe sans suite. His mother Hannah 9, 1865. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Generation. President Lincoln fended off demands for his removal by saying, "I can't spare this, For his next major objective, Grant maneuvered and fought skillfully to win Vicksburg, the, key city on the Mississippi, and thus cut the Confederacy in two. The Memoirs sold over 300,000 copies, earning the Grant family over $450,000. He fights." However, his strategy to take Vicksburg in 1863 is considered one of the most masterful in military history. Fighting in the MexicanAmerican War, he was a close observer of the techniques of Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. Sheridan and Sherman both followed Grant's strategy of total war by destroying the economic infrastructures of the Valley and a large swath of Georgia and the Carolinas. The first law that he signed, in March 1869, established the value of the greenback currency issued during the Civil War, pledging to redeem the bills in gold. It became clear to the people of the North that the war was being won, and Lincoln was re-elected by a wide margin. These were completed while he was dying of throat cancer and were published in two volumes as the Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (1885 - 1886). Grant remained in the army and was moved to several different posts. Wrong username or password. The peach trees were in full bloom. 27, 1822, the son of a tanner. Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the object of our meeting." The Vicksburg Campaign began badly for Grant. magnanimous terms of surrender that would prevent treason trials. The difference between that Napoleanic war and the Civil War is that there weren't twenty more Waterloos to come. login . Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant, n le 27 avril 1882 Point Pleasant (Ohio) entre la prestigieuse acadmie militaire de West Point l'ge de 17 ans, 80 kilomtres au nord de New York. Shiloh was a decisive battle in the war. Grant was deployed to Missouri to protect the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. Grant's maternal great-grandfather, John Simpson, was born in what is now the Grant Ancestral House in Ballygawley, Northern Ireland. [3], 4.1.1 Battles of Belmont, Henry, and Donelson, 4.2 General-in-Chief and strategy for victory, 4.2.1 Overland Campaign, Petersburg, and Appomattox, General Grant began the conversation by saying: "I met you once before, General Lee, while we were serving in Mexico, when you came over from General Scott's headquarters to visit Garland's brigade, to which I then belonged. The South needed a win to make up for land lost in Kentucky and Ohio. Halleck had a particular distaste for drunks and, believing Grant was an alcoholic, was biased against him from the beginning. "[22] Indeed, anticipating that Grant would soon capture Vicksburg, Abraham Lincoln declared that "if Grant only does this thing down there . He reportedly changed his name to Ulysses S. Grant after his Congressman accidently nominated him to West Point as Ulysses S. Grant of Ohio. However, Grant commanded an Electoral College landslide, receiving 214 votes to Seymour's 80. Married 27 November 1907, Washington, D.C., to Edith Root, born 1 December 1878 - New York, NY, deceased 23 May 1962 - Clinton, Oneida Co., NY aged 83 years old (Parents : Elihu Root, Sen. 1845-1937 & Clara Frances Wales 1853-1928) with. They screamed for water, God heard them for the heavens opened and the rain fell." After Grant visited Nashville, Tennessee, where he met with Halleck's rival, Don Carlos Buell, Halleck used the visit as an excuse to relieve Grant on March 4 of field command of a newly launched expedition up the Tennessee River. ", Ulysses Grant Birthplace, Point Pleasant, Ohio, Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home, Georgetown, OhioGrant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, east of Cincinnati on the Ohio River to Jesse Root Grant (17941873), a tanner, and Hannah Simpson Grant (17981883), both Pennsylvania natives. Genealogy Arthur Hastings Grant, The Grant Family: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Matthew Grant of Windsor, Conn., 1601-1898 (Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: Press of A. V. Haight, 1898). and attacked Fort Donelson. At seventeen, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. "I would have been glad to have had a steamboat or railroad collision, or any other accident happen, by which I might have received a temporary injury sufficient to make me ineligible, for a time, to enter the Academy. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, an old friend of Grant's and a West Point classmate, and senior commander with Floyd and Pillow fleeing, yielded to Grant's hard conditions of "no terms except unconditional and immediate surrender." In the Mexican War he fought under Gen. Zachary Taylor. Jay Gould had already prepared and quietly sold out while Fisk denied many agreements and hired thugs to intimidate his creditors. His birth name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. For six years he struggled in Missouri as a farmer, real estate salesman, unsuccessful candidate for county engineer, and agent in a customhouse. Julia Grant Cantacuzene information and photos. . Beaureguard pleaded with Johnston to postpone the attack. On March 12, Grant became general-in-chief of all the armies of the United States. He initially received the colonelcy of an Illinois regiment, but his effective leadership of that soon brought him appointment (Aug. 7, 1861) as a brigadier general of volunteers. American youth in all sections should be taught to hold in perpetual remembrance all that was great and good on both sides; to comprehend the inherited convictions for which saintly women suffered and patriotic men died; to recognize the unparalleled carnage as proof of unrivalled courage; to appreciate the singular absence of personal animosity and the frequent manifestation between those brave antagonists of a good-fellowship such as had never before been witnessed between hostile armies. He was compelled to remake his Cabinet under a grueling fire from reformers and investigators; half its members were utterly inexperienced, several others discredited, one was even disgraced. [11] From 18581859 he was a bill collector in St. Louis. Finally breaking through Lee's trenches at Petersburg, the Union Army captured Richmond, the Confederate capital, in April 1865. Sales were so successful that by February 27, 1886, the publishers could give Mrs. Grant a check for $200,000. Although Grant's new-found fame did not seem to affect his temperament, it did have an impact on his personal life. Although Grant himself did not profit from corruption among his subordinates, he did not take a firm stance against malefactors and failed to react strongly even after their guilt was established. Prentiss greatly understood the seriousness of Grant's orders. Grant helped depose Sumner from the chairmanship, and Sumner supported Horace Greeley and the Liberal Republicans in 1872. 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