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My Definition: Someone that someone looks up to. Someone that takes risks and puts themselves in danger for other people. example: Soldier Police Officer, Firefighter

=__Hero Essay__= My hero was a very brave and curagous man. He fought in many wars and became the presidant of the United States of America.His name is Ulysses S Grant. He is a hero because his men in the wars looked up to him and he put him self in danger very often for his country.In this essay I will prove that he is a hero because people look up to him and he puts himself in danger for his country and takes risks for his country.

Ulysses S Grant was born April 27, 1822, he died on July 23 1885. He lived in Point Pleasent, Ohio. He was the general in the Union army and he was helping the slaves and the northern U.S. He helped because he was the current general of the northern states and he needed to lead his army to victory no matter what he was fighting for. His actions were important because they helped free the slaves and win the civil war. []

The part of his life I am going is the civil war. His actions meet my definition because he put him self in danger in the war and the battles he fought and he won the civil war for the Union. Ulysses S Grant fought in Tennessee and was victorious. He also had victory in Missippi. Ulysses S. Grant also fought in Virginia against Robert E. Lee and won. All of his victories impacted his soldiers' lives because the soldiers looked up to him. //"I propose to fight out on this line if it takes all summer." - Ulysses S. Grant.// http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/u/ulysses_s_grant.html http://americancivilwar.com/north/grant.html

The second part of Grant's life I am going to focus on is the mexican war. This meets my definition because his men under his control looked up to him as a leader. He took risked because he risked getting shot. He put himself in danger because he was fighting in a war. Him and his men fought in Palo Alto. On February 23, 1847 Grant fought in The Battle of Buena Vista. Grants last battle of the mexican war was in 1848 when they first entered the City of Mexico. Grant's actions in the mexican war effected peoples' life because he played a big part by fighting in the war. //"The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.// //"// //- Ulysses S. Grant. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/u/ulysses_s_grant.html // http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/war/entrance_to_city_of_mexico.html

The confederate army would not think Ulysses S. Grant would be a hero. They fought the union in the civil war and wanted slavery, Grant did not. They tried to stop him by rebelling and in the end, try to kill him and the whole union army. Grant avoided that by winning the civil war. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USACWarmyC.htm

Ulysses S. Grant's actions benefited most of the americans that came after him. They benefited african americans because Grant did a big part in freeing them.