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 ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander talked about what America was like in 1869 and provided an overview of the ...

Advertisement Grant’s love of cigars was well-known in his time. A song was produced for his 1868 campaign titled “For President Ulysses S. Grant: A Smoking his Cigar,” and in 1884 one ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Ryan P. Semmes, historian and Mississippi State Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library research director examines the far-reaching implications of Reconstruction in his first book ...

In May of 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army began the Overland Campaign, which aimed to wedge Union forces between the troops of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate ...

Many of those same fans were just as stunned when Grant sent home Dina Lupancu on Monday, after a surprising twist during her Hometown visit. No one in Dina's family - not her parents or any of ...

The legend of lobbying is that it began in a Washington, D.C., hotel when people would wait for Ulysses S. Grant, pressing ...

Most of the items seen were owned by the Grant family outside of a few pieces that are noted during the tour. Ulysses S. Grant was an important person in the History of our country and his home is ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, a massive collection of correspondence, research notes, artifacts, photographs and memorabilia by ...