Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, he became known as U.S. ("Unconditional ... are considered among the best of any written about the Civil War.

As Union General Ulysses S ... and his future political career. Grant’s order responded to an unsettling economic reality: Despite the war raging around them, Southern planters still wanted ...

Ulysses S Grant was the biggest hero of the Civil War. Johnny Clem might well have been the smallest. Ten years old when he ran away from home and joined the second Michigan Regiment, the drummer ...

Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the complacency-signaling slogan “Let us have peace.” Challenges: As for all post-Civil War presidents, the dominant issues in governance at the time ...

On both sides, the Civil War boasted men who were brilliant and charismatic ... Sheridan's Horse "Winchester" AKA "Rienzi" National Museum of American History Ulysses Grant's Camp Chair National ...

At Antietam and Gettysburg, the Union successfully repelled Confederate invasions of the North. Although the Union had been ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National Park Service’s many Civil ... General Ulysses S. Grant accepted ...

This nearly 10-acre site is dedicated to the U.S. Civil War general and two-term U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant, who lived here with his wife, family and enslaved workers in the 1850s.

Submitted by Anna Smith, a Three Rivers history and mystery lover.

After initially prosecuting those who tried to overthrow an election, Presidents Grant and Hayes backed down—with ...

Grant's Farm was built by Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who settled on the land in 1855 to farm and raise cattle. In 1903, August A. Busch Sr. bought the land, and ever since it has belonged to ...