Ulysses S. Grant -LRB- born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822 â '' July 23, 1885 -RRB- was the 18th President of the United States -LRB- 1869 â '' 1877 -RRB- as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods.
Ulysses S. Grant -LRB- April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885 -RRB-, born Hiram Ulysses Grant, was the general whom many think won the American Civil War and later became the 18th President of the United States -LRB- 1869-1877 -RRB-.