what wars did ulysses s grant served in?
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 When Grant assumed the U.S. presidency in 1869 , Sherman succeeded him as Commanding General of the Army , in which capacity he served from 1869 until 1883 . As such , he was responsible for the U.S. Army 's engagement in the Indian Wars over the next 15 years , in the western United States . He steadfastly refused to be drawn into politics and in 1875 published his Memoirs , one of the best @-@ known first @-@ hand accounts of the Civil War . British military historian B. H. Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was " the first modern general " . 

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 Grant 's first assignment after graduation took him to the Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis , Missouri . It was the nation 's largest military base in the west , commanded by Colonel Stephen W. Kearny . Grant was happy with his new commander , but looked forward to the end of his military service and a possible teaching career . He spent some of his time in Missouri visiting the family of his West Point classmate , Frederick Tracy Dent ; he became engaged to Dent 's sister , Julia , in 1844 . 

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 This time on the frontier ended in July 1889 when the family moved to Washington , D.C. , where Douglas attended the Force Public School . His father was posted to San Antonio , Texas , in September 1893 . While there MacArthur attended the West Texas Military Academy , where he was awarded the gold medal for " scholarship and deportment " . He also participated on the school tennis team , and played quarterback on the school football team and shortstop on its baseball team . He was named valedictorian , with a final year average of 97 @.@ 33 out of 100 . MacArthur 's father and grandfather unsuccessfully sought to secure Douglas a presidential appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point , first from President Grover Cleveland and then from President William McKinley . After these two rejections , he passed an examination for an appointment from Congressman Theobald Otjen , scoring 93 @.@ 3 on the test . He later wrote : " It was a lesson I never forgot . Preparedness is the key to success and victory . " 

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 The military career of Benedict Arnold in 1781 consisted of service in the British Army . Arnold had changed sides in September 1780 , after his plot to surrender the key Continental Army outpost at West Point was exposed . After spending the rest of 1780 recruiting Loyalists for a new regiment called the American Legion , Arnold was sent with 1 @,@ 600 men in late December by General Sir Henry Clinton to Virginia , with instructions to raid Richmond and then establish a strong fortification at Portsmouth . 

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 Congress declared war in June 1812 , and after its adjournment , Johnson returned to Kentucky to recruit volunteers . So many men responded that he chose only those with horses , and raised a body of mounted rifles . Johnson recruited 300 men , divided into three companies , who elected him major . They merged with another battalion , forming a regiment of 500 men , with Johnson as colonel . [ c ] 
