Perhaps no state did more to advance and propel the career of Ulysses S. Grant than Mississippi. Thus, it stands to reason that his memoirs are housed at Mississippi State – one of only six ...

For much of his life, Ulysses S ... Grant was the hero who had achieved the victory. In 1868, with the nation still struggling to heal the wounds of war, Grant accepted the Republican presidential ...

U.S. Army Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant’s victory over the Confederate forces guaranteed his widespread popularity. After the war, he helped implement Congressional Reconstruction efforts ...

A son, later named Hiram Ulysses Grant, is born to ... Although many attractive presidential nominees are available, Horace Greeley receives the nomination. Greeley's earlier radicalism, high ...