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He didn't want to.
But after he was ruined by a fraudulent bank director, and contracted throat-cancer, he became alarmed at the prospect of dying and leaving his family destitute. So he wrote his memoirs, to give them something to live on.
He only just managed to complete them, as he was dying. They are in fact surprisingly good - much better than you would expect from someone who didn't look as though he had literary talent.
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Why did Ulysses S. Grant change his name from Ulysses S. Grant?
His original name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. He didn't want to or mean to change it. When he went to a military academy, they signed him up as that. Since then, he was known as Ulysses S. Grant.
How do you spell Ulysses S. Grant?
Ulysses S. Grant.
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Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
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Ulysses S Grant's goal's were to be president and win the Civil war.
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Ulysses s grant did become president later on
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Ulysses S. Grant.
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Ulysses S. Grant was a Republican.
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Ulysses S. Grant was the first president to write his memoirs.
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Ulysses S. Grant's dad was Jesse Root Grant.
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Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822.
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Ulysses s Grant was born in 1822.
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No Ulysses s grant was in the union
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Ulysses S. Grant
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no Ulysses grant was not a slave
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What was Ulysses s Grant's failures while president
When is Ulysses S. Grant birthday?
Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822
