American Minute with Bill Federer Ulysses S. Grant: Union General & 18th President “Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet anchor of your liberties”  Hiram Ulysses Grant was born APRIL 27, 1822, to a Methodist family in Ohio. He did not like the initials H.U.G., so he rearranged them to U.H.G. When he was nominated at age 17 for … More Ulysses S. Grant