 1,000 mustaches. Every man in Grant's cabinet had either a beard, a mustache, or exceptional ear hair. All right, last question. It is, as we all know, Ulysses S. Grant first rode to fame and national stature as a general in the Civil War, but that fate for him was somewhat surprising. Why? Was it A, he was so afraid of blood, he reportedly couldn't even look at a rare steak without freaking out? B, his high school voted him least likely to lead the Union Army to victory? No.