john510runner t1_iy53fws wrote
Reply to comment by TrailerBuilder in TIL that Ulysses Grant was made commander of all Union armies at 41 and President at 46 by IllustriousAct28
Grant didn't own the shop he worked in. He was a junior clerk at a leather goods store and his younger brother(s?) had more senior positions there.
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