Ulysses S. Grant

This war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take our land from us without price."

--Spotted Tail

The report and journal of proceedings of the commission appointed to obtain certain concessions from the Sioux Indians, December 26,…

After the South was defeated and General Lee surrendered, he signed this amnesty oath
promising to uphold the Constitution of the United States. In the oath, Lee expresses his support for the laws and proclamations of the Constitution and specifically refers to his support for laws regarding…

In his inaugural address as president, Ulysses S. Grant spoke about his vision for the country and acknowledged the uncertainty of the American people following the Civil War. He also spoke about suffrage for Black Americans, proper treatment of Native Americans, and the debt accrued by the Civil…

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> A southern woman’s memoir of a by-gone era</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Blamed for the misdeeds of others, President Grant left his name on America’s sorriest Administration</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">Surprised and almost overwhelmed, he stubbornly refused to admit defeat. His cool conduct saved his army and his job</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Faced with war, famine, and bloody revolution, a political wheel horse turned into a first-class ambassador.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The Union stood in danger of losing an entire army at Chattanooga. Then U. S. Grant arrived, and directed the most dramatic battle of the Civil War.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The simple, affectionate water colors of an unassuming Scots immigrant, David J. Kennedy, bring back the Philadelphia of 1876 and our first great world’s fair</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> On a new bridge that arched the flood Their toes by April freezes curled, There the embattled committee stood, Beset, it seemed, by half the world.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">HISTORICAL REGISTER of the CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION 1876.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The ex-Presidency now carries perquisites and powers that would have amazed all but the last few who have held that office</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> A West Point Gallery</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">For this crime, she was arrested, held, indicted, and put on trial. Judge Hunt presided.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">It might seem that building a mausoleum to the great general would be a serenely melancholy task. Not at all. The bitter squabbles that surrounded the memorial set city against country and became a mirror of the forces that were straining turn-of-the-century America.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> An old, familiar show is back in Washington. There’s a new cast, of course, but the script is pretty much the same as ever. Here’s the program.</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">The old school is alive with the memory of men like Lee, Grant, Pershing, and Eisenhower.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">In the republic’s direst hour, he took command. In the black days after Bull Run, he won West Virginia for the Union. He raised a magnificent army and led it forth to meet his “cautious &amp; weak” opponent, Robert E. Lee. Why hasn’t history been kinder to George B. McClellan?</span></p>

<p>Corruption must be fought in ways that preserve fairness and freedom. Otherwise, the reformers can be as bad as the rascals.</p>

<p><span class="deck">Lee. Grant. Jackson. Sherman. Thomas. Yes, George Henry Thomas belongs in that company. The trouble is that he and Grant never really got along.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Once the South was beaten, Eastern and Western troops of the Union army resented each other so violently that some feared for the survival of the victorious government. Then, the tension disappeared in one happy stroke that gave the United States its grandest pageant, and General Sherman the proudest moment of his life.</span></p>

<p><span class="body">Without my crooked ancestor, Grant would never have written his magnificent account of the Civil War.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Most of them were American soldiers who fought with skill, discipline, and high courage against a U.S. Army that numbered Ulysses Grant in its ranks. The year was 1847.</span></p>

<p><span class="body"><span class="body">Lincoln painstakingly evolved a plan for harmonious reconstruction of the Union, which Radical Republicans moved to sabotage</span></span></p>

<p><span class="deck">General Grant escapes the swamps and a War Department move to relieve him of command</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The memoirs of Civil War correspondent SYLVANUS CADWALLADER were recently discovered and edited by Lincoln biographer Benjamin Thomas</span></p>

<p>An impetuous and sometimes corrupt Congress has often hamstrung the efforts of the president since the earliest days of the republic.</p>

<p>In one momentous decision, Robert E. Lee spared the United States years of divisive violence.</p>

<p>With his command threatened by allegations of drunkenness, Ulysses S. Grant went on the attack, won two major victories, demanded “Unconditional Surrender,” and nearly split the Confederacy in half.</p>

<p>Ulysses S. Grant had to respond to more charges of financial misconduct than any other president.</p>

<p>The Army has named ten military bases in honor of men who killed 365,000 U.S. soldiers. Should they be renamed? Or left as they are, since the bases are part of a “great American heritage," as Mr. Trump says?</p>