Description
Ulysses S. Grant and his classmates could have never anticipated their future roles in shaping American history the day they graduated from West Point. Of the 39West Point cadets who graduated in 1843, four died in the Mexican-American War. Fifteen became Union Generals during the Civil War and three served as Confederate Generals during the war. Ironically, all three Confederate Generals from the class of 1843 were from northern states. Hear their stories.