2009年11月16日 · On July 23, 1885, just after completing his memoirs, Civil War hero and former president Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer. The son of a tanner, Grant showed little enthusiasm for...

2020年5月8日 · Shortly before noon on May 6, 1884, Ulysses S. Grant entered the office of his Wall Street brokerage firm a wealthy man. Hours later, he exited a pauper. Thanks to a pyramid scheme operated...

In 1885, impoverished and dying of throat cancer, Grant wrote his memoirs, covering his life through the Civil War, which were posthumously published and became a major critical and financial success. At his death, Grant was the most popular American and was memorialized as a symbol of national unity.

On 23 July 1885, Ulysses S. (“Unconditional Surrender”) Grant, Civil War hero and the nation’s 18 th president, died a painful and impoverished death at the age of 63. He spent the last months of his life grappling with the ravages of throat cancer, desperately writing his life’s memoirs so that his family would not be destitute after ...

2024年12月28日 · He died on July 23, 1885 at age 63 at Mt. McGregor, New York. A chronology from his death to his funeral in New York City. What was Grant's attitude toward religion during his lifetime and at the hour of his death? Essay by Dr. Marie Kelsey, creator of this website.

2025年1月20日 · Ulysses S. Grant (born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S.—died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New York) was a U.S. general, commander of the Union armies during the late years (1864–65) of the American Civil War, …

2023年8月3日 · Ulysses S. Grant passed away from throat cancer on July 23, 1885. The body was embalmed right away and put in a temporary glass coffin because of the summer heat. He wanted to be buried at his alma mater, West Point, but he rejected the notion because women could not be buried there. Grant instead let his wife Julia Dent Grant select the gravesite.

2018年7月20日 · Monday, July 23, marks the anniversary of the death of Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War hero, 18th President of the United States, and Ohioan by birth.