New York Today Ulysses S. Grant Finally Gets That Promotion The Civil War general was elevated to general of the armies of the United States, a title his admirers had long sought.

In full Union Army dress and speaking as if straight from the 19th century, living historian Kenneth J. Serfass brought ...

For much of his life, Grant failed at every occupation he tried. But his remarkable talents as a soldier and leader saved his country from falling apart.

In addition to his role at the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Semmes is an adjunct history faculty member and also a faculty member for MSU Libraries, where he manages research fellowships, ...

Ulysses S. Grant rose from comparative obscurity to become general in chief of the Union army late in the war, securing victory by through pure perseverance and by exhausting the Confederates.

In 1868, Grant was the obvious choice for the Republican nomination and he handily won the election that November. Ulysses S. Grant was set to become the 18th President of the United States.

Unraveling Ulysses S. Grant’s Complex Relationship With Slavery The Union general directly benefited from the brutal institution before and during the Civil War ...

The incident that Peggy Noonan cites in “A Great Man Got Arrested as President” (Declarations, April 8) isn’t the only one in which Ulysses S. Grant acknowledged culpability and made amends ...

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Stony Ford co-owner Susan Brinson provided the strongest evidence yet that Ulysses S. Grant did in fact smoke a cigar at the Goshen estate in his ...

Exhibition Label Born Point Pleasant, Ohio Artist Samuel Bell Waugh painted this portrait of Ulysses S. Grant just days after he became the nation’s eighteenth president. Waugh’s depiction of Grant in ...

ST. LOUIS — Former president, Civil War hero and one-time Missouri resident Ulysses S. Grant added another honor to his name last week. Grant was conferred the rank of General of the Armies of ...

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.