Ulysses S. Grant was the victorious commanding general of the U.S. Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and the…
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On July 8, 1876, whites massacred freedmen in South Carolina. Ron Chernow in Grant (2017) summarizes: [On July 4, 1876,…
On July 25, 1866, Congress created the rank of “General of the Army of the United States” and promoted Ulysses…
Washington, D.C., President Grant’s first term. On June 22, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the creation of…
Washington, D.C. On June 20, 1865, President Andrew Johnson asked the U.S. attorney general James Speed to order the U.S….
Louis L. Picone’s Grant’s Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon (2021)…
Sources are added as they are consulted. Achenbach, Joel. “U.S. Grant Was the Great Hero of the Civil War but…
Penniless Addict Becomes President of the United States It was 1854, and Ulysses S. Grant was broke, unemployed, trapped in…
FAQs — Frequently Asked Questions About Ulysses S. Grant Who was Ulysses S. Grant? Grant was both the victorious commanding…