Years later, at the onset of the Civil War, Grant took up arms to serve his country once again. He would distinguish himself in 1862 at the Battle of Fort Donelson where he led his troops to victory.

Fergus M. Bordewich’s "KLAN WAR: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction," a stunning account of President Grant’s federal campaign against the Ku Klux Klan from 1865 and onward.

Hardscrabble, the log cabin built by Ulysses S. Grant and enslaved people at White Haven National Park Service In the 1850 census, Dent reported enslaving 30 people , who assisted with farm labor ...

Before the war. Born April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio, Hiram Ulysses Grant was the eldest of Jesse and Hannah Grant’s five children. In 1823 the Grant family moved to Georgetown, Ohio ...

Find Your Next Book Thrillers N.Y.C. Literary Guide Nonfiction Summer Preview Advertisement Supported by Nonfiction A new history by Fergus M. Bordewich examines Ulysses S. Grant’s battle ...

Historians are hailing Congress’ recent decision to promote Ulysses S. Grant to the Army’s highest rank, calling it a rehabilitation of his political and racial legacy.. Congress authorized ...