She rejected several offers because, as historian John Y.

However, she soon changed her mind and began seeking a publisher for the book. Writing it served as a 'panacea for loneliness, a tonic for old age' and she soon 'preferred writing to eating or driving or seeing friends.' At the time, she did not intend to publish the memoir, telling The New York World in 1890 'I had no idea of publishing it'. The notes then led her to begin writing a memoir of her own. She soon began giving her son, Frederick, notes on her life, which he recorded. Grant eventually earned $450,000 in royalties from her book, which was very well received, both critically and by the public. Grant, published in 1885 soon after his death. Julia Grant's husband wrote the Personal Memoirs of U. She played a significant role in the position. When Ulysses was elected president in 1868, she became first lady. During the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, Julia traveled over 10,000 miles (16,000 km) to be with her husband as he rose to the role of Commanding General of the United States Army.

Ulysses served in the United States Army and resigned in 1854 to return to his family. Julia and Ulysses were married on Augthey would have four children: Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr., Ellen Wrenshall Grant, and Jesse Root Grant. Grant through her brother, Fred, as they attended West Point together. Louis, Missouri US, and grew up in a well-off family who owned thirty slaves. Julia Dent was born on January 26, 1826, in St.

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