Background
Frederick Dent Grant was the son of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia (Dent) Grant. He was born on May 30, 1850, at St. Louis, Missouri, while his father was a first lieutenant in the 4th Infantry.
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Frederick Dent Grant was the son of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia (Dent) Grant. He was born on May 30, 1850, at St. Louis, Missouri, while his father was a first lieutenant in the 4th Infantry.
As a boy, Grant saw considerable active military service, for he frequently accompanied his father in the field, notably in the Vicksburg campaign, where he received a slight bullet wound and later contracted an illness which was very nearly fatal. He entered West Point as a cadet in 1866, graduated in 1871.
In 1871, Grant was commissioned second lieutenant in the 4th Cavalry. He was on leave of absence for a year and a half, during which time he visited Europe, before joining his regiment on the Texas frontier.
After a few months there, he was detailed as aide to Lieut. -Gen. Sheridan - an assignment which at that time carried with it the pay and the temporary rank of lieutenantcolonel, and which he continued to hold until his resignation from the army in 1881.
His regular station was in Chicago, at the headquarters of the Division of the Missouri, but he was in the field with the Yellowstone expedition in the summer of 1873, and with the Black Hills expedition in the summer of 1874.
His promotion to first lieutenant dated from June 28, 1876. In 1878-79, he accompanied his father in his journey around the world. He resigned from the army in 1881, being then a first lieutenant in the 4th Cavalry, and in 1886 became president of the American Wood Working Company.
President Harrison appointed him envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1889 and he served at Vienna until 1893, when his successor was appointed by President Cleveland.
From 1895 to 1897, he was commissioner of police of New York City. He was mustered into the volunteer service in the Spanish-American War, May 2, 1898, as colonel of the 14th New York Infantry, and on May 27, 1898, was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers.
He commanded a brigade in camp at Chickamauga Park, Georgia, and after the termination of hostilities was stationed for some months in Porto Rico.
Transferred to duty in the Philippines, he arrived at Manila in June 1899, and for nearly three years commanded a brigade in Luzon, operating against insurgents engaged in guerrilla warfare for a great part of the time.
In April 1902, he took command of a brigade in Samar and Leyte, where he established civil government. Soon afterward he returned to the United States and took charge of the Department of Texas.
Meanwhile, he had been appointed a brigadier-general in the regular army, February 18, 1901, and on February 6, 1906, he became major-general.
After leaving Texas, he held other territorial commands, with headquarters at Chicago or New York; commanded the “blue army” in the Manassas maneuvers of 1904; and was in charge of the troops at the Jamestown Exposition of 1907.
He died in New York and was buried at West Point.
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Grant married, on October 20, 1874, Ida M. Honoré, daughter of Plenry Hamilton Honoré of Chicago.
27 April 1822 - 23 July 1885
26 January 1826 - 14 December 1902
6 February 1858 - 8 June 1934
22 July 1852 - 25 September 1929
4 July 1855 - 30 August 1922
4 June 1854 - 5 September 1930
7 June 1876 - 4 October 1975
4 July 1881 - 29 August 1968
