11 Facts About Julia Grant

Julia Boggs Grant was the first lady of the United States and wife of President Ulysses S Grant.

Julia Grant's parents were Frederick Dent, a slaveholding planter and merchant, and Ellen Wrenshall Dent.

From age 10 to age 17, Julia Grant attended the Misses Mauros' boarding school in St Louis with the daughters of other affluent parents.

Julia Grant was a boarding student during the week and returned home to White Haven on weekends.

Julia Grant was born with strabismus which prevents both eyes from lining up in the same direction.

Julia Grant's regiment was then ordered to Louisiana, in preparation for service in the Mexican War.

Distraught at their separation, Julia had an intense dream, which she detailed to several people, that Grant would somehow return within days, wearing civilian clothes and state his intention of staying for a week.

Julia Grant was the first First Lady to write a memoir, though she was unable to find a publisher, and had been dead almost 75 years before The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant was finally published in 1975.

Julia Grant had attended in 1897 the dedication of Grant's monumental tomb overlooking the Hudson River in New York City.

Julia Grant was laid to rest in a sarcophagus beside her husband.

Julia Grant became friends with First Ladies Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, and Edith Roosevelt.