Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president - He was named Hiram Ulysses Grant, but when he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point his name was miswritten as “Ulysses ...

He was under orders to scout a suitable site for a military post, a mission personally approved by President Ulysses S. Grant, but he also brought along two prospectors, outfitted at his expense.

General in Chief of the Union Army and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant rose from comparative obscurity to become general in chief of the Union army late in the war, securing victory by through ...

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 ...

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 ...

White President Ulysses S. Grant placed a high priority on the welfare ... South by the use of unscrupulous means, etc., he, as the head of the army, became convinced...that the ballot was the ...

As home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University has assembled a staggering array of artifacts from the famed civil war general and president, along with one of the ...

This nearly 10-acre site is dedicated to the U.S. Civil War general and two-term U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant, who lived here with his wife, family and enslaved workers in the 1850s.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander talked about what America was like in 1869 and provided an overview of the early months of President Ulysses Grant's ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential ... by and about the 18th president of the United States. Founded in 2012, the Grant Presidential Library ...

Semmes, historian and Mississippi State Ulysses S ... equality and citizenship beyond the U.S. Focusing on Grant’s 1869 push for the annexation of the Dominican Republic, Semmes argues the president ...

For much of his life, Ulysses S ... terms as president are best remembered for financial scandals among members of his party and his administration. In 1877, after he left office, Grant traveled ...