When Grant applied for west point, the congressman recommending him forgot Hiram's middle name and thought it was his mother's maiden name, so he put Ulysses Simpson Grant. When Ulysses arrived and...
President Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant. Congressman Thomas Hamer mistakenly nominated him to the U. S. Military Academy as "Ulysses S. Grant of Ohio." At West Point, he adopted this name with a...
President Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant. Congressman Thomas Hamer mistakenly nominated him to the U. S. Military Academy as "Ulysses S. Grant of Ohio." At West Point, he adopted this name with a...