Grant

Character Key: 
Display Name: 
Grant
Sort Name: 
Grant, Ulysses S.
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Middle Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Union General
Date of Birth: 
Monday, April 22, 1822
Origin: 
Ohio
Biography: 

Best known as both the Commander of the Union forces during the late stages of the Civil War and then a two-term President, Ulysses S. Grant rose to the rank of Major General during the fighting in the western theater of the Civil War. The "Vicksburg campaign" that he led in 1863 brought him through the part of Mississippi where Yoknapatawpha is supposed to be (136).

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
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