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尤利塞斯·格兰特 (Ulysses
S. Grant) 生于1822年4月27日
不过，当格兰特经商失败后，他在1861年又回到军队。几个月内，他就被晋升为准将，并领导一支2万人的美国军队，在内战 (Civil
War) 期间赢得许多胜仗。战争一直持续着，而格兰特所率领的军队人数也越来越多，到了1864年，格兰特成为统领全国军队的总指挥官。就像他进入军队一样，格兰特后来也进入政坛。他轻易的赢得了1868年与1872年的总统大选。到了1884年，这位战争英雄被诊断出得了癌症。他开始着手撰写有史以来最好的军人自传。他的自传后来被他朋友马克．吐温 (Mark
Twain) 所出版。问问你的家人，看他们有没有读过格兰特的自传。
After failed business ventures, Grant returned to the army in 1861. Within months, he was promoted to brigadier general and placed in charge of 20,000 Union troops, which he led to many victories during the Civil War. Grant commanded larger and larger armies as the war went on and, by 1864, he commanded the whole U.S. army as general-in-chief. Just as he had drifted into the military, Grant drifted into politics. He easily won the presidential elections of 1868 and 1872. In 1884, the war hero, diagnosed with cancer, managed to write one of the finest military autobiographies ever written. It was published by his friend, Mark Twain. Ask your family if they have ever read the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.
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