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 ...

Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president ... in April of 1865 - General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse officially ending the Civil War.

On page 931 of his 1,074-page biography of Ulysses S. Grant ... Stony Ford estate included ‘the Boston rocker in which General Grant smoked his last cigar.’ “The truth is that the Stony ...

Students at Galva Junior-Senior High School met virtually with Ulysses Grant Dietz, a great-great-grandson of the 18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. A former teacher and author helped put the event ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander talked about what America was like in 1869 and provided an overview of the ...

“Grant’s approach to Reconstruction was more than a domestic policy—it was an international movement,” Semmes said. “His ...

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 ...

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.

Pp. xiv, 196. Maps, notes., biblio., index. $32.50. ISBN: 0813136776 The Leadership of Ulysses S. Grant is essentially an account of the education of U.S. Grant as a commander. Prof. Laver ...

Ulysses S. Grant was born. U. S ... with the rank of lieutenant general. No soldier since George Washington had held the rank. As commander, Grant worked to constantly occupy Robert E.

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 ...