Ulysses S. Grant went into battle with another future U.S. president: ... Ulysses S. Grant almost lost his post at Shiloh. After the dual victories of Henry and Donelson, ...

Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback. 1865, Library of Congress. As a cadet at West Point, Ulysses S. Grant was an indifferent student. But as a young soldier in the Mexican War, he had ...

Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee was the site of a bloody Civil War battle to control the Confederate Railroad ...

For much of his life, Ulysses S. Grant failed at every occupation he tried. But in the United States Army, his remarkable talents as a soldier and leader saved his country from falling apart. Born ...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Union army had arrived at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River and set up camp on April 5 near Shiloh. During the first day of the attack, the Union army retreated ...

Ulysses S. Grant, 1847-1851 Unidentified Artist, National Portrait Gallery Ulysses S. Grant, 1865 Frederick Gutekunst, National Portrait Gallery Robert E. Lee, 1865 Mathew B. Brady, National ...

The value of this quality was not lost on Commander in Chief Abraham Lincoln. After the brutal Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, in which 100,000 men fought and 24,000 were killed or wounded (more ...

According to Timothy B. Smith, a history lecturer at the University of Tennessee at Martin, the Battle of Shiloh was the first big battle in the American Civil War. “20,000 dead in two days of ...