Guessing not the only one, but I just toke it for granted that Ulysses S. Grant was a hard drinker. Now learning it was often exaggerated by his rivals and the press during his lifetime, but especially grew in the rise of "Lost Cause" movement?
It certainly was exaggerated, but Grant was a (mostly functional) alcoholic who had a tendency to hit the bottle hard when he was depressed (something he suffered from pretty badly, and arguably his alcoholism was a form of self-medication) or bored or frustrated or isolated. However, he was capable of going cold turkey for long periods of time when he had a good support system around him (most notably his wife, and his aide-de-camp Rawlins, whose presence could keep him clean). Despite what was alleged in the press, Grant never drank during combat - indeed, it tended to be during periods of inactivity that his alcoholism manifested, likely due to that exacerbating his depression.
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My favorites to learn about are such opposites.
Grant: THE HORSE JUST DIED WHAT?!?!? I'M TRAUMATIZED. I HATE ANIMAL ABUSE >:,,,(
Jefferson: Hang the dog.
They remind me that there is a balance of good and evil in this world.
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I couldn’t help myself. I’ve read about him being scammed too many times as of late. He can NOT understand how the financial world works (understandably). 😭
I put some time and effort into this, enjoy
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Harry Truman, Ulysses Grant, what’s up with the S?
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this is only 1-2 pages into grant’s introduction into team of rivals… he has immediately entered my harem of babygirls. why is he so pathetic. i must learn everything about this man now
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When it’s almost four in the morning and I still haven’t slept so I made this random doodle
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hopeless civil war general who always looks so sad and helpless (and also his secretary)
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President Ulysses S. Grant
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obsessed with the fact that Grant openly admitted in his memoirs that he registered at West Point as Ulysses Hiram Grant (misreported as Ulysses S Grant) instead of Hiram Ulysses Grant because he didn’t want to be nicknamed H.U.G. in college
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