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Ulysses S. Grant Notes and Facts

By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822 at Point Pleasant, Ohio. Point Pleasant is a community east of Cincinnati on the Ohio River. Grant’s father, Jesse, was a tanner.

Johnny Clem

By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Friday, June 12, 2009

In June 1861, a small lad in Newark, Ohio gazed at Union troops marching through his town and despite his too young age, he wanted to join up and fight in the Civil War. The boy’s name was John Joseph Klem.