“You can have but little idea of the influence you have over me Julia, even while so far away…and thus it is absent or present I am more or less governed by what I think is your will.” Sending dried petals of flowers in another letter, he wrote, “Before I seal this I will pick a wildflower off of the Bank of the Rio Grande and send you. According to a few snippets from Smithsonian Magazine, he was a tender and sensitive young man who wrote letters to his wife. Grant and Julia were separated from each other and melancholia affected his initial years at the war zone. (NEWS10) Grant Cottage is a nugget of United States history, located in the woods between Saratoga Springs and South Glens Falls. When Grant left for the war, Julia gave him a lock of her hair. The first year was difficult. A secret engagement ceremony was held as Julia’s father did not approve of his daughter marrying a military man. There were tensions between the US and Mexico and before he headed south, he gave his West Point ring to Julia. In 1844, he asked the Dent family for her hand. When the Civil War began in 1861, he jumped at the chance to volunteer for military service in the Union army. After several short-lived pursuits, including a brief episode as a farmer, he moved to Galena, Illinois to be a clerk in his familys store. Grant (18221885) became President of the United States in March 1869. Julia Boggs Dent Grant, First lady of United States (Getty Images) Louis, Missouri with his wife, Julia Dent Grant. Fresh off his victory as commander of the Union armies during the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant is justly celebrated as the author of one of the finest military autobiographies ever written, yet many readers of his Personal Memoirs are.
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