Grant was quite a horseman (General Longstreet thought he was the most capable rider at West Point) and it was said he had more stamina than far younger men who rode with him.
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There’s a great account of his wild ride past Mexican soldiers who were firing at him while he was running an essential dispatch—he rode clinging to his horse’s side that was opposite to the side the fire was coming from.
Grant was quite a horseman (General Longstreet thought he was the most capable rider at West Point) and it was said he had more stamina than far younger men who rode with him.
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He was also the leader in demerits at West Point. Later on he was considered the best horseman in the Army. He finished in the middle of his class and then was a quartermaster.
When the Civil War started he was a clerk in his father’s store and had to beg for a commission.
I love that visual...must have been a reason it was in a lot of westerns!