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The last surviving great-grandson of Ulysses S. Grant has died in a southwest Missouri home brimming with artifacts from the nation's 18th president and commander of the Union forces in the Civil War.
MARIETTA — A special meeting of the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley will be 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at First Congregational Church, 318 Front St., Marietta. The presentation will ...
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Civil War railroading: Late in the conflict, City Point in Virginia became one of the busiest ports on the East Coast. Located at the confluence of the James and Appomattox rivers, roughly 70 miles ...
Garfield’s tenure in Congress corresponded with a tumultuous period in U.S. history, as the war ended, Reconstruction policies were instituted in the South and then abandoned by 1875, as economic ...
Join us as we take a rare look inside the home of U.S. Grant - Civil War hero and the 18th President of the United States. Located in Galena, Illinois, this house preserves the personal belongings ...
Elevator Repair Service's stage adaptation of 'Ulysses,' presented by UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance, inspires a rereading of the James Joyce classic. Years later, the takeaways are ...
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 ...
In addition to his role at the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Semmes is an adjunct history faculty member and also a faculty member for MSU Libraries, where he manages research fellowships, ...
Description This lesson explores the first 100 days of Ulysses Grant's presidency. The lesson, which features Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander and author ...
Despite these measures, Grant and his allies faced diminishing support in the North. War-weary Americans grew impatient with continuing federal oversight, and economic woes like the Panic of 1873 ...
Ulysses S. Grant was an important person in the History of our country and his home is a historical location. If you are interested in old homes or antiques you will find this interesting.