“Grant’s approach to Reconstruction was more than a domestic policy—it was an international movement,” Semmes said. “His ...

In a footnote, Chernow cites as his source for the anecdote the 2011 book “Grant’s Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant’s Heroic Last Year,” by Charles Bracelen Flood. Flood’s source appears ...

So did Ulysses S. Grant. Desperate for money, Grant turned to writing his wartime memoirs as a way to support his family. He began by selling short magazine articles, then negotiated a book ...

John Reeves’s Soldier of Destiny represents the latest work of revision and rediscovery of this most important historical figure in U.S. history. Although not a detailed biography, Reeves’ book ...

Ulysses S. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents—those men who led and won key battles in war. Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the ...

Audio Transcription: What does it mean to preserve history? Why look back when we still have so far to go? As home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University has ...

Professor Declan Kiberd explains why Ulysses is not a difficult book, but a book for all. Duration: 0:47 Seamus Heaney explains why James Joyce's Ulysses would be his choice of desert island reading.

Ulysses S. Grant, who lived here with his wife, family and enslaved workers in the 1850s. A large portion of the original 850-acre estate was sold off to the Busch family and now operates as Grant ...