"I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer."

Despatch to Washington. Before Spottsylvania Court House, May 11, 1864

	Ulysses Simpson Grant
			18th President of the United States		March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877
			Born: April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio		Died: July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York
			Father: Jesse Root Grant		Mother: Hannah Simpson Grant
			Religion: Methodist		Education: Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. (1843)
			Occupation: Soldier		Political Party: Republican
			Nickname: "Hero of Appomattox"

Married: Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902), on August 22, 1848

Children: Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912); Ulysses Simpson Grant (1852-1929); Ellen Wrenshall Grant (1855-1922); Jesse Root Grant (1858-1934)