What does the “S” in Ulysses S. Grant mean?
RichC | March 20, 2025
Hm … an interesting middle initial story: Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822, though as a child he often went by his middle name, Ulysses. In 1839, he applied to the United States Military Academy at West Point, and the benefactor who the application, Ohio Congressman Thomas Hamer, mistakenly […]