Years later, in 1869, Grant became a U.S. president like his former Commander-in-Chief Lincoln had done, setting a precedent ...

He was under orders to scout a suitable site for a military post, a mission personally approved by President Ulysses S. Grant ... and it ultimately led to the Army’s shocking defeat at the ...

Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president - He was ... Following the war, Grant resigned from the army and worked a string of odd jobs including working at his father’s leather store.

Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) presented a resolution honoring the life of President Ulysses S. Grant to Land of U.S. Grant Inc. at yesterday’s Brown County Historical Society meeting. This marked ...

It seems like Almost Yesterday that the city of Ironton, Missouri installed a series of historical markers to identify Civil ...

A depiction of General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. A depiction of General Ulysses ... sword was “the purest romance,” as Grant later wrote in his memoirs. Grant and his army believed that their ...

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 ...

White President Ulysses S. Grant placed a high priority on the welfare ... In the words of Adam Badeau, an Army officer who had served on the general’s wartime staff and later became Grant ...

April 9th has witnessed numerous significant events throughout history, spanning a variety of categories including politics, science, and culture.On this ...

Today in history: On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia after four years of Civil War in the ...