#I’m getting emotional reading a journal from 1828 knowing Grant would have been 6 years old at the time

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Birth

Ulysses S. Grant was born on 27 April 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio originally as Hiram Ulysses Grant. He came into the world as Jesse Root Grant’s and Hannah Simpson’s first of six children.

Although named Hiram in honour of his maternal grandfather, his father was noted to predominantly call him Ulysses. Growing up, young Ulysses was more attached to his mother and was of a similar nature to her, disliking the bold and proud comportment of his father.