A rising wave of racist violence in the South prompted President Ulysses S. Grant to legal and military action against the Ku ...

This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

Grafton sits where the Illinois River meets the mighty Mississippi. This location has shaped everything about this charming river town. Steep limestone bluffs tower over one side of town, while rivers ...

As the adopted hometown of Civil War general and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, Galena will celebrate its bicentennial in 2026. Tour the Ulysses S. Grant Home to see original furnishings and hear ...

MARIETTA — A special meeting of the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley will be 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at First Congregational Church, 318 Front St., Marietta. The presentation will ...

Ulysses S. Grant VI says his grandfather Ulysses S. Grant V died Wednesday at age 90 at his home near the town of Battlefield, named for its proximity to a Civil War clash.

On this day in history, Ulysses S. Grant, a West Point graduate and the 18th president of the United States, died of throat cancer in New York at the age of 63.

Ulysses S. Grant was not quite 40 in April 1861 when Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, beginning the Civil War. Grant, a West Point graduate and Mexican American War veteran, had resigned from ...

About 160 miles northwest of Chicago, Galena is a historic town, home of Ulysses S. Grant and eight other generals who served the Union Army in the Civil War.

Before he became the 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) and his family arrived in Galena in 1860 after he had spent 15 years in the military.