When the banking firm of Jay Cooke and Company, a firm heavily invested in railroad construction, closed its doors on September 18, 1873, a major economic panic swept the nation.

Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction by Fergus M. Bordewich Knopf, ... the collapse of the economy in the Panic of 1873, and northern Democrats put in the way.

Join us on a special visit to the historic Galena, Illinois home of Ulysses S. Grant—Civil War general and 18th President of the United States. This well-preserved house reveals the private life ...

When police officer William Henry West pulled over Ulysses S. Grant for speeding in a horse-drawn carriage on the streets of Washington, D.C. in 1872, he issued the president a warning.

In a little known but far more serious episode, Gen. Grant issued General Order No. 11 on Dec. 17, 1862, expelling all Jews from the states of Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi.

Ulysses S. Grant's standing among the presidents has improved in recent years, with critically acclaimed biographies by Ron Chernow and others offering a new perspective on his time in the White ...