Ulysses S. Grant
Hank Tkachuk as Grant in Mercedes Ray.
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American general and politician who was elected as the 18th President of the United States. He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War, as he captured Vicksburg in 1863 and Richmond in 1865, accepting the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse.
A fictionalized version of Grant was portrayed by Hank Tkachuk in the film Mercedes Ray, where Grant joins his fellow U.S. Presidents in a massive party.
About Grant[]
Grant was the first Union general to initiate coordinated offensives across multiple theaters in the war. While his subordinates Sherman and Sheridan marched through Georgia and the Shenandoah Valley, Grant personally supervised the 1864 Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee's Army in Virginia. He employed a war of attrition against his opponent, conducting a series of large-scale battles with very high casualties that alarmed public opinion, while maneuvering ever closer to the Confederate capital, Richmond. Grant announced he would "fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." Lincoln supported his general and replaced his losses, but Lee's dwindling army was forced into defending trenches around Richmond and Petersburg. In April 1865 Grant's vastly larger army broke through, captured Richmond, and forced Lee to surrender at Appomattox. He has been described by J.F.C. Fuller as "the greatest general of his age and one of the greatest strategists of any age." His Vicksburg Campaign in particular is scrutinized by military specialists around the world.
Appearances[]
- Mercedes Ray (2007).... Hank Tkachuk
Other U.S. Presidents Portrayed in Local Films[]
- Jimmy Carter
- Calvin Coolidge
- Millard Fillmore
- James Garfield
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Andrew Jackson
- Thomas Jefferson
- Abraham Lincoln
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin Pierce
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William Howard Taft
- John Tyler
- Martin Van Buren
External Links[]
- Ulysses S. Grant at Wikipedia