Vicksburg-Joe

1. Who is your "I am..." person? What made you interested in this person? I am Ulysses S. Grant, he was a great General and that's what got me interested.

2. Explain what you already knew about your "I am..." person prior to beginning your research. I knew that he was a great Union General and he became the 18th President.

3. What are some of the questions that came into your mind about your person while researching? What did you wonder about? Why did he join the military? What did he do in office as President?



__Historical Question__: Why did Grant become a general when he didn't want to join the military?

__Primary Sources:__ http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/u/ulysses_s_grant.html http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgrantU.htm http://www.familytales.org/results.php?tla=usg Quote " Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace. " - Ulysses S. Grant __Secondary Source:__ http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080508105930AABqPdh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/grant/section1.html http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_names_of_all_five_siblings_of_Ulysses_S._Grant http://faculty.css.edu/mkelsey/usgrant/family.html https://armstrong-history.wikispaces.com/file/view/GrantUS.jpg http://kms.kapalama.ksbe.edu/projects/2002/civilwar/battle20/images/jb_0519_vicksburg_1_e.jpg http://americancivilwar.com/north/grant.html