![]() grew with the household nickname was “Buck.” He was born on July 22, 1852, and was the second child of Ulysses S. ![]() On the other hand, Frederick was the grandfather of his son Ulysses III’s children Edith Clara, Clara Frances, and Julia Grant. His descendants through his daughter, Julia, were Prince Michael Mikhailovich Cantacuzène, Princess Bertha Mikhailovna, and Princess ZenaidaMikhailovna. ![]() In 1901, he was commissioned as a brigadier general and remained in the Philippines until 1902.įrederick died on April 12, 1912, due to cancer in New York City and was buried in West Point Cemetery. Soon, he was sent to the Philippines in 1899 to serve during the Philippine-American war. In his later career, he went back to the military and was commissioned as a colonel during the Spanish-American War. A year later, he served as a police commissioner in New York and held it until 1898. President Benjamin Harrison appointed him as the Minister to Austria and Hungary in 1889 and retained the position until 1893. He attempted to enter politics in 1887 when he was nominated for the Republican ticket for Secretary of State of New York however, he was defeated by Democratic incumbent Frederick Cook. He focused on assisting his father to prepare the memoir while running a business in New York. Like his father, Frederick turned his back in the military service and prioritized his family. A year later, he returned to fill in the Bannock War and fought against Victorio in New Mexico. Grant III, who also served in the military like his father and grandfather.Īfter graduating, he spent his adult life serving in the military and later took a leave of absence to join his father on a trip around 1877. They had two children, Julia Dent Grant, who later married a Russian general and diplomat. ![]() In 1874, Frederick married Ida Marie Honoroé, daughter of a wealthy real estate tycoon in Chicago. Frederick was accused of participating in harassing Smith. He was allegedly involved in a controversy and endured intense discrimination and violence towards the first African American cadet, James Webster Smith. He also attended the military academy in West Point. Because Frederick was still recovering from his injury, he contracted typhoid fever while in the Union camp. He endured a painful infection that could have amputated his leg, but the doctors could prevent it and save his leg. During the Siege of Vicksburg, he was shot in the leg by a Confederate sniper. As the eldest son, he accompanied his father as the unit was sent to Northern Missouri, but he was sent home immediately when they arrived.įrederick risked his life to be with his father. He was in a public school in 1861, where his father was promoted as a colonel after he organized a volunteer regiment. Frederick was still a student when the American Civil War began. When Ulysses Grant resigned from the military, the family moved back to St. Frederick spent most of his childhood with his paternal grandparents. Louis, Missouri however, their family moved as his father was assigned to Michigan and New York. On May 30, 1850, Frederick was born during his father, Ulysses Grant, serving in the United States Army. In this article, you will know the lives of Ulysses Grant’s children. None of them died at an early age than other previous presidents of the United States of America. Ulysses Grant married Julia Dent, and they had four children.
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