Full Name: Ulysses S. Grant Profession: American general, commanding general of the Union Army in the late Civil War, and 18th President of the United States. Nationality: American; Born: April 27, 1822; Birthplace: Point Pleasant, Ohio, United States; Generation: Born in 1822, part of the early nineteenth-century American generation that came of age before the Civil War and shaped the Reconstruction era; Chinese Zodiac: Horse (the Chinese lunar year that began on January 23, 1822, was a Year of the Horse); Zodiac Sign: Taurus, as April 27 falls within the Taurus period in Western astrology; Age in 2026: 204 years old if alive, calculated from his 1822 birth year. Marital Status: Married to Julia Dent Grant from 1848 until he died in 1885. Children: Four children – Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses S. Grant Jr., Ellen “Nellie” Grant, and Jesse Root Grant; Description: Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant, rose from a modest Midwestern background and a middling West Point academic record to become the Union’s most celebrated commanding general, directing a relentless series of campaigns that culminated in Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House in April 1865 and ensuring preservation of the United States; his earlier service in the Mexican–American War honed his battlefield experience, but peacetime postings, business failures, and struggles with alcohol pushed him into obscurity before the Civil War created an opening for his talents, where he earned the nickname “Unconditional Surrender” Grant after decisive victories at Forts Henry and Donelson and further distinguished himself at Shiloh and Vicksburg; elected president in 1868 and serving two terms from 1869 to 1877, he championed Reconstruction, civil rights for formerly enslaved people, and the Fifteenth Amendment, while his administration simultaneously became infamous for corruption and scandals among political appointees, leaving a complex legacy of moral commitment to Union and equality on one hand and administrative naivety on the other; after leaving office he embarked on a celebrated world tour that enhanced his international stature, but unwise financial ventures later left him nearly penniless, and in his final years, weakened by cancer yet determined to support his family, he poured his remaining strength into writing his “Personal Memoirs,” a literary and commercial triumph that secured his widow’s finances and cemented his reputation as one of America’s most important soldier–statesmen; historians continue to debate his presidency, but modern scholarship often ranks him more favorably for his steadfast defense of the Union victory, his efforts to protect Black citizenship in the postwar South, and his personal honesty and perseverance amid political turmoil and severe illness ; Cause of Death: Died on July 23, 1885, at Mount McGregor in New York from throat cancer, specifically carcinoma of the throat and tonsillar area, widely linked to his lifelong heavy cigar smoking.