Frederick, 14 years old, didn't learn enough when he entered the West Point Military Academy, so it took him five years to finish the four-year course. After graduation, he won the rank of second lieutenant and was sent to the cavalry unit patrolling the Mexican border. Then Frederick, who was only 19 years old, was promoted to be the adjutant of General Philip Xie Lidan until his death. Everyone thinks that he was promoted because his father just became the president of the United States. 1889 Frederick resigned from the military and accepted the appointment of President Benjamin Harrison as Austrian Minister. From 65438 to 0894, he became the police chief of new york City for four years.
But he could not resist the temptation of the horn of war and returned to the army. 1898 When the Spanish-American War broke out, the experienced Frederick quickly became Colonel Grant of the 1st14th Infantry Regiment in New York State, and was later promoted to General Commodore to command the volunteers. After the war, he still held a rank in the regular army. 1906 promoted to major general. In peacetime, he was twice stationed in Long Island, new york, and served as commander of the Great Lakes region.
Frederick returned to the army and continued his childhood. For a time, he seemed to be repeating the path his father had taken, from the army to politics. 1887 * * and the party chairman nominated him as Secretary of State, but the Senate refused to approve it, thinking that, as the newspaper editorial said, "Colonel Grant would never be nominated without his father" and "everyone knows that he got his present position because of his father". Therefore, the political future of Frederick, the son of President Grant, came to an early end.
By 19 12, Grant had become the second person in China's military, second only to Major General leonard wood, the chief of staff in Washington, D.C. ... Frederick inspected a circle from Portland, Maine to Galveston, southern Texas. After returning to new york, the media learned that he was on vacation to reunite with his wife.
In fact, Frederick had cancer surgery, but his condition was kept secret. Ever since his father died of laryngeal cancer, Frederick has been worried that he will die of laryngeal cancer. His fears proved to be correct.
In order to avoid the public, he and his wife registered in a hotel in new york under a false name. 191April 1 1, one hour after arriving at the hotel, the general began to suffocate. When the doctor arrived, it was too late. The media announced that Frederick died of heart failure complicated with diabetes and intestinal diseases, but his condition was soon made public. General frederick dent grant was buried in the Army, and thousands of people attended the funeral, including President Taft, Vice President, Governor of New York and all senior officers of the Army and the National Self-Defense Force. His coffin was transported by six horse-drawn military ammunition trucks to the cemetery of West Point Military Academy. According to the ceremony of military burial, the general's military boots were buckled upside down in the stirrup that loved to ride "pets" and accompanied him all the time. With the sound of the 13 salute, the funeral of the famous soldier, the second American general Grant, ended.