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Former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant dies in Wilton, New York 130 years ago this hour (July 23 1885)


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(Tuesday, July 23, 1885, 8:06 a.m. local time)Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877) and Commanding General of the Union Army during the American Civil War, died today at a cottage on the slopes of Mount McGregor, in Wilton, New York, of throat cancer only days after completing this memoir. He was 63. Continue reading Former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant dies in Wilton, New York 130 years ago this hour (July 23 1885)