In 1884 the firm went bankrupt. 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 ...

On page 931 of his 1,074-page biography of Ulysses S. Grant ... in the town of Moreau, where Grant spent the last weeks of his life finishing his memoirs. Kemp’s change of mind is the result ...

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 ...

Ulysses S. Grant, first sentence, Memoirs. This story originally appeared on Talking Points Memo. Like our content? Follow us for more ...

Perhaps no state did more to advance and propel the career of Ulysses S. Grant than Mississippi. Thus, it stands to reason that his memoirs are housed at Mississippi State – one of only six ...

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 ...

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 ...