Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | History of the Collection | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1822, Apr. 27 | Born, Point Pleasant, Ohio |
| 1843 | Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.; brevet second lieutenant, Fourth Infantry, United States Army |
| 1846-1848 | Served under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott in the Mexican War; commissioned first lieutenant |
| 1848 | Married Julia Boggs Dent |
| 1853 | Promoted to captain |
| 1854 | Resigned commission and settled on farm near St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1860 | Relocated to Galena, Ill., and worked in father's hardware and leather store |
| 1861-1865 | Served in the Civil War Successive commissions as colonel, brigadier general, and major general, volunteer army; and major general and lieutenant general, regular army |
| 1866 | Promoted to General of the Army of the United States, a rank previously held only by George Washington |
| 1869-1877 | President of the United States |
| 1877-1879 | Toured Europe, Russia, Egypt, India, Japan, and China |
| 1880 | Unsuccessful candidate for the presidential nomination on the Republican ticket |
| 1884 | Ruined financially by bankruptcy of Grant & Ward |
| 1884-1885 | Wrote memoirs to pay off financial debt |
| 1885, July 23 | Died, Mount McGregor, N.Y. |
| 1885 | Posthumous publication of first volume of Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co. |