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Jul 15, 2007, 10:32 AM
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General's Middle name
I am not a civil war buff,but am curious.What does the E. stand for in Robert E. Lee? And the S.in Ulysses S. Grant? I may have learned it and forgotten, I just can't remember.
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Jul 15, 2007, 11:25 AM
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The E in Robert E. Lee stands for Edward. And the S. stands for Simpson in Ulysses S. Grant.
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Jul 18, 2007, 08:51 PM
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Thank you,my curiosity is satisfied.
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Full Member
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Jul 18, 2007, 09:33 PM
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Not to rain on J_9 too much here...
The S in Ulysses S Grant never officially stood for anything. Simpson is a reasonable assumption for it, as it is both his mother's maiden name, and the middle name of Ulysses S Grant, Jr. However, Ulysses S Grant wasn't his given name... that was due to a mistake at the time of his appointment to West Point. He never used anything other than the initial during his life.
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Jobs & Parenting Expert
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Jul 18, 2007, 09:38 PM
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And the S never had a period after it, to further indicate it didn't stand for any name.
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Jul 19, 2007, 05:26 AM
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Well. I stand corrected. I just looked it all up on Google. But now that you say this I think I do remember learning that in History class a few semesters ago.
Thanks for clearing that up guys.
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Junior Member
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Aug 10, 2007, 09:24 AM
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Just think, as we get older we find that so much of what we learned in school,has so many variables than what we were taught. I never thought about there being no period after the S. I always assumed it was there,so see what happens when we assume?
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Aug 10, 2007, 12:20 PM
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You guys may know a lot about Grant, but have you ever visited his house?
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