Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant was far more than the general who won the Civil War or the president whose administration was shadowed by scandal. He was a quiet boy from Ohio, a reluctant West Point cadet, a brave officer in Mexico, a failed farmer and businessman, a devoted husband, a relentless Union commander, and a president who fought to protect Reconstruction and Black civil rights in one of America's most difficult eras.