Lieutenant Grant accompanied Winfield Scott’s invasion of Veracruz. In the following year he found himself doing every job imaginable except fighting, until the battles at Molino del Rey and Garita de San Cosme. For his effective and inventive decisions under pressure, he received two promotions. Upon returning to the United States, Ulysses rushed off to get married - and that was only the beginning of his troubles…

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