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GRANT, Ulysses S: Memorial near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
by Henry Merwin Shrady, Edward Pierce Casey


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Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War. Grant first reached national prominence by taking Forts Henry and Donelson in 1862 in the first Union victories of the war. The following year, his brilliant campaign ending in the surrender of Vicksburg secured Union control of the Mississippi and -- with the simultaneous Union victory at Gettysburg -- turned the tide of the war in the North's favor. Named commanding general of the Federal armies in 1864, he implemented a coordinated strategy of simultaneous attacks aimed at destroying the South's ability to carry on the war. In 1865, after conducting a costly war of attrition in the East, he accepted the surrender of his Confederate opponent Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House. Grant has been described by J.F.C. Fuller as "the greatest general of his age and one of the greatest strategists of any age." His Vicksburg Campaign in particular has been scrutinized by military specialists around the world. Source: Wikipedia

Bronze, Marble by Henry Merwin Shrady (Sculptor), Edward Pierce Casey (Architect)
Address: West Mall & 1st St NW Nearest Metro: Federal Center SW (Orange - Blue)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 77003157 (dcMem ID #300)
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Grant, astride his favorite horse Cincinnatus, is on a pedestal with two Infantry group reliefs beneath him. The south facing relief is visible here. The Artillery Group is on Grant's left.
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