Ulysses S. Grant Quotes


It looks like a very interesting exercise, but what is the little white ball for.


Context

The quotation illustrates his lower middle class background. Unlike the majority of all the Union General officers and politicians who were of the upper classes, Grant was very naive about many aspect of American life--especially of the moneyed class and big business.


Citations

Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1885, 18th President of the United States (Republican, OH), Comment on observing his first golf course and game

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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
  • Born: April 27, 1822
  • Died: July 23, 1885
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Soldier, Politician

Ulysses S. Grant was an American military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who created the Justice Department and worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans. As Commanding General, he led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and thereafter briefly served as Secretary of War.