The life of Ulysses S. Grant is the subject of a talk on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Long Beach Island branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City. HistorianJim Segrave-Daly will lead adiscussion of Ulysses S. Grant; from his humble beginnings as a trainer of Union military recruits in 1861 to becoming the most acclaimed Union general by the end of the Civil War, thanks in large part to his mastery of army movements and logistics, as well as his shared visions of a post-war union with Abraham Lincoln.
After the Civil War, he served as actingU.S. secretary of war.
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