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Lt. U. S. Grant in 1847
A. H. Ritchie, Lieutenant Grant, Age 21 [1843], 1885

Engraving based on a daguerreotype and published in Grant's Memoirs

"A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army." So Grant remembered his schooling at West Point. But the young Lieutenant Grant soon grew fond of army life.

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