Frederick Dent Grant
| Frederick Dent Grant | |
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Grant in 1908
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| Military Governor of Pampanga | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 30, 1850 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Died | April 12, 1912 (aged 61) Governors Island, New York |
| Relations |
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| Children |
Julia Dent Grant Ulysses S. Grant III |
| Parents |
Ulysses S. Grant Julia Grant |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1871–1881, 1898–1912 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | 4th Cavalry Regiment |
| Commands | 14th New York Volunteers Department of the East |
| Battles/wars |
Spanish–American War Philippine–American War |
Frederick Dent Grant (May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912) was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General of the Army and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his uncle, Frederick Tracy Dent. The Grant family came from a line of Scottish and Irish heritage.
His father was in the United States Army when Frederick was born in St. Louis, Missouri. The family moved as the senior Grant was assigned to posts in Michigan and New York. Frederick spent his early childhood at his paternal grandparent's house while his father was stationed on the West Coast. After his father's resignation from the army, the family lived in St. Louis and in Galena, Illinois. He attended public school in Galena until the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. Grant's father organized a volunteer regiment and was made colonel. Frederick accompanied his father when the regiment was sent to northern Missouri, but he was sent home when it arrived. He then rejoined his father off and on at several campaigns during the war.
Grant was appointed to West Point in 1866 and graduated in 1871. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment. He took a leave of absence to work with the Union Pacific Railroad as a civil engineer. Late in 1871, he was aide-de-camp to General William Tecumseh Sherman in Europe. He rejoined the 4th Cavalry in Texas in 1872.
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