| Birth: | May 30, 1850 | | Death: | Apr. 12, 1912 | 
United States Army General. Son of President Ulysses S. Grant. Accompanied his father through much of General Grant's Civil War campaigns, often coming under hostile fire himself. Graduating from West Point in 1871, he served as an aide-de-camp to Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan. He participated in exploration expeditions to the Yellowstone area and the Black Hills, and fought in the 1878 Bannock Indian War. After taking leave of the Army to travel abroad whit his parents, and to serve as a secretary to his dying father, he returned to the Army at the onset of the Spanish-American War. Promoted Brigadier General, he commanded the district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and fought in the Philippines. When he died in 1912, it was revealed he had also suffered throat cancer like his father. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
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Parents:
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822 - 1885)
Julia Dent Grant (1826 - 1902)
Spouse:
Ida Marie Honore Grant (1854 - 1930)*
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Cause of death: Cancer
Search Amazon for Frederick Grant | | | Burial:
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
West Point
Orange County
New York, USA
Plot: Section 26, Row D, Grave 39 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 2302 |
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Donna Lee Wall
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Ethel Duggar
Added: Jul. 23, 2010 |
Thank you so much for helping w your father and service to this country. Rest in peace, General, sir. Fourth of July is coming up. Watch the fireworks from heaven w yor family.
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Marilyn Postell
Added: Jun. 30, 2010 |
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