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July 23, 1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th US President (1869-77) and Union General-in-Chief, dies of esophageal cancer in Mount McGregor, NY at 63.
Bankrupt and Dying from Cancer, Ulysses S. Grant Waged His Greatest Battle
Aided by Mark Twain, the former president and Civil War hero raced to complete a literary masterpiece that saved his wife from destitution.
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