General Ulysses S. Grant

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2012-04-14 15:19
Text: 
Flags in the Dust
Character Key: 
General Grant
Display Name: 
General Ulysses S. Grant
Sort Name: 
Grant, Ulysses S.
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Middle Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Union Officer
First Mentioned: 
Grenada and Calhoun Co., Mississippi in Flags in the Dust (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Monday, April 22, 1822
Origin: 
Ohio
Cause of Death: 
Disease
Real?: 
Yes
Other Texts: 
Sanctuary
The Unvanquished
Biography: 

While Grant does not personally appear in the novel, he commands the Union forces who do appear in Mississippi, and Will Falls mentions him by name in the second of the two stories he tells about those "times back in sixty-three and -fo'" (228).

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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