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.

President Grant gave the pen he used to sign the 15th Amendment to a fellow Civil War veteran, Herbert Preston. Copyright © 2017 by Wendel A. White President Ulysses ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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. Grant Presidential Library research director examines ... push for the annexation of the Dominican Republic, Semmes argues the president envisioned ...