[cromptondot]

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.

[J_9]

The E in Robert E. Lee stands for Edward. And the S. stands for Simpson in Ulysses S. Grant.

[cromptondot]

Thank you,my curiosity is satisfied.

[Nosnosna]

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.

[Wondergirl]

And the S never had a period after it, to further indicate it didn't stand for any name.

[J_9]

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.

[cromptondot]

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?

[worthbeads]

You guys may know a lot about Grant, but have you ever visited his house?