Ulysses Simpson Grant Biography and Timeline

Battle of Gettysburg

1-4 July, Union victory marking the turning point of the war

Role range: 1861-1865

Capture of Vicksburg

Captures Vicksburg

Role range: 1861-1865

Battle of Chattanooga

Union troops capture Missionary Ridge during the Battle of Chattanooga

Role range: 1861-1865

Result of Surrender of Army of Northern Virginia

Lee's surrender to Grant effectively ends the principal Confederate field army in Virginia.

Role range: 1861-1865

Surrender of Army of Northern Virginia

General Lee surrenders to General Grant at Appomattox courthouse

Role range: 1861-1865

President of USA

Appointed President of the USA, 18th President

Role range: 1869-1877 – 1869-1877

Grant Backs Washington Treaty Commission

President Ulysses Grant supported creation of a joint commission to resolve disputes with Great Britain.

Senate Ratifies Anglo American Treaty

The United States Senate consented to ratification of the 1871 treaty providing for arbitration and other settlements.

Alabama Claims Arbitration Awards Damages

The Geneva tribunal awarded the United States fifteen and a half million dollars for British failures of neutrality during the Civil War.

Coinage Act

The Coinage Act ends standard silver-dollar production and strengthens the movement toward gold.

Role range: 1869-1877

Coinage Act

The Coinage Act ends standard silver-dollar coinage and strengthens the country's movement toward gold.

Role range: 1869-1877

Economy of USA

Financial panic is caused by over-production & withdrawal of foreign capital

Role range: 1869-1877 – 1869-1877

Specie Payment Resumption Act

The Act schedules redemption of Civil War greenbacks in gold from January 1879.

Role range: 1869-1877