Ronald C. White is the author of "American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant" (2016). Friends at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site near St. Louis tell me most visitors arrive with ...

One hundred fifty years ago, in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Ulysses S. Grant won the Civil War.* His chief opponent, Gen. Robert E. Lee of the Confederate States, had surrendered, all but ...

This lively and well-constructed short biography of Ulysses Grant follows the method of Plutarch, describing Grant's life from the standpoints of narrative and character. Narratively, Korda outlines ...

And with its end Grant’s efforts toward civil rights would not last and would eventually lead to the rise of its antithesis - the “Jim Crow” era. Ulysses S. Grant served as President of the ...

Ulysses and Julia Grant are entombed inside, in a double sarcophagus made of red granite. The National Park Service took over the site in 1958, and let it fall into disrepair.

Ulysses Grant Dietz, the great, great grandson of former U.S. President and Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant, captivated a large audience on the cottage grounds.

WILTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Grant Cottage is a nugget of U.S. history, located in the woods between Saratoga Springs and South Glens Falls. The legacy of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant will open to ...

Who is buried in Grant’s tomb? A general with the Army’s highest rank. Ulysses S. Grant, who has been dead for 139 years, has finally received the promotion long sought by his admirers.

That president was Ulysses S. Grant, and it happened while he was in office. In 1872, President Grant was speeding down a Washington, D.C., street in his horse and buggy.