CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Cape Girardeau holds a unique and consequential past, particularly associated with one of the most renowned men of the Civil War and an eventual president of the United ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On April 9, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee met in the home of Wilmer McLean at Appomattox ...

Who was Ulysses S. Grant, and why is he important to Clermont County? Greg Roberts, a native of Clermont County and vice ...

Few figures played a more important role in our nation’s history than Ulysses S. Grant. The commanding general of the Union forces during the Civil War, Grant would go on to become president of the ...

April 9, 2014 marked the 149th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. Abraham Lincoln would only be alive for less than a week following the surrender.

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 author ...