Ulysses S. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents—those men who led and won key battles in war. Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the ...

General in Chief of the Union Army and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant rose from comparative obscurity to become general in chief of the Union army late in the war, securing victory by through ...

Stony Ford co-owner Susan Brinson provided the strongest evidence yet that Ulysses S. Grant did in fact smoke a cigar at the Goshen estate in his waning days. Grant historian Ben Kemp found ...

Busts of Ulysses S. Grant and Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson ... in the coming National Garden of American Heroes — a project the president put forth in his first term, and has revived.

Grant Presidential Library and Museum was formally transferred to Mississippi State University March 20. The agreement between the university and the Ulysses S. Grant Association, the collection’s ...

Perhaps no state did more to advance and propel the career of Ulysses S. Grant than Mississippi. Thus, it stands to reason that his memoirs are housed at Mississippi State – one of only six ...

The Hayes Home will welcome the premier living history presenter portraying U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant on May 16. Curt Fields, who has portrayed Grant in 22 states, will discuss the successes ...

GALVA, Ill. — Galva students had the chance to step back in time and learn about the Civil War, as they spoke with a descendent of former president Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses Grant Dietz is an ...

Ulysses S. Grant, who lived here with his wife, family and enslaved workers in the 1850s. A large portion of the original 850-acre estate was sold off to the Busch family and now operates as Grant ...

An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant’s decision, announced on this day in 1862, was immensely controversial and hounded him for years Eli Wizevich The Union general directly ...