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Join us as we take a rare look inside the home of U.S. Grant - Civil War hero and the 18th President of the United States. Located in Galena, Illinois, this house preserves the personal belongings and ...
He returned home to Galena, IL after the war where he and ... outside of a few pieces that are noted during the tour. Ulysses S. Grant was an important person in the History of our country and ...
On that spring day, Grant followed his wife, Julia, and their four children, Frederick, Ulysses, Ellen and Jesse, down the riverboat Itaska's gangplank onto ... results at the home of his friend ...
Grant moved to St. Louis, where he failed at several pursuits. Ulysses then moved his family to Galena, Illinois, where he took a job as a clerk in his father's leather goods shop. Shortly after ...
In 1991, Tracey Roberts entered the Galena & U.S. Grant Museum for the first time, having just been hired as a curator.