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|affiliation = Union Army | |affiliation = Union Army | ||
|affiliation2 = United States government | |affiliation2 = United States government | ||
|spouse = Julia Grant | |||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |origin = [[Earth]] | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Grant served as a [[Union Army]] general in the American Civil War. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Backtime (comic story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood and Hope (novel)}}) | Grant served as a [[Union Army]] general in the American Civil War. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Backtime (comic story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood and Hope (novel)}}) | ||
In [[1863]], Grant encountered the [[Third Doctor]], who gave President [[Abraham Lincoln]] a sketched [[map]] that he had made of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] lines at [[Gettysburg]]. Lincoln gave the map to Grant, thus helping the [[Union Army]] to win the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Backtime (comic story)}}) | |||
On [[9 April]] [[1865]], Grant accepted the surrender of Confederate General [[Robert E. Lee]] at [[Appomattox Court House]], after an exchange of letters. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood and Hope (novel)}})) | |||
On [[14 April]] 1865, Grant and [[Julia Grant|his wife]] had originally planned to attend [[Ford's Theatre]] alongside President Lincoln, however, they would cancel and instead take the night [[train]] to [[Burlington]]. In their stead, [[Major]] [[Henry Rathbone|Rathbone]] and his fiancée [[Clara Harris]]. That night, Lincoln would be [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|assassinated]] by [[John Wilkes Booth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Assassin in the Limelight (audio story)}}) | |||
Ulysses S. Grant wrote ''[[On The Art Of War]]''. One quote from it was: "The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}) | Ulysses S. Grant wrote ''[[On The Art Of War]]''. One quote from it was: "The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}) | ||