For much of his life, Ulysses S. Grant failed at every occupation he tried ... ignoring the fact that the small, skinny 17-year-old did not want to go. Upon his arrival at West Point, Grant ...

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 ...

We took a historic tour of General U.S. Grant's Home. We are not able to do any metal detecting on this site but wanted to share this important part of history with our viewers. U.S. Grant was the ...

As Ulysses S. Grant's funeral procession made its way through ... Among those mourners were three United States presidents. If old enemies from the Civil War carried grudges, they set them aside.

It is hard to give up an old and cherished friend ... A song was produced for his 1868 campaign song titled “For President Ulysses S. Grant A Smoking his Cigar,” and in 1884 one newspaper ...

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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 ...

Ulysses S. Grant, our 18th president, entered the earthly stage as Hiram Ulysses Grant. When his name was mistakenly entered on the West Point register as Ulysses Simpson Grant, he eagerly ...

“Unconditional Surrender: A Visit with Ulysses S. Grant” will be offered twice on President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 17, at noon ...

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 ...