General Ulysses S Grant, American soldier and politician Finish:Stretched Charing Cross Bridge

Charing Cross Bridge

Macclesfield Bridge

Passengers on a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies

William Henry Fortescue

General Ulysses S Grant, American soldier and politician Finish:Stretched Charing Cross BridgeGeneral Ulysses S Grant, American soldier and politician, c1860s (1955). Grant leaning over the shoulder of General George Meade. Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822 1885) commanded the Union (northern) army in the American Civil War from March 1864, leading it to final victory the following year. He was elected the 18th President of the United States in 1869, holding office until 1877. A print from Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D Horan,