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Ulysses S. Grant

1822–1885 · 19th century

Ulysses S. Grant was an American general and the 18th president of the United States. As commander of the Union armies he defeated the Confederacy in the Civil War of 1861–1865, and as president from 1869 to 1877 he oversaw Reconstruction in the South. During a world tour in 1879 he offered his good offices to China and Japan in their dispute over the Ryukyu Islands.

Ulysses S. Grant
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