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As winter melted into spring in March of 1864 President Abraham Lincoln would finally find the military commander who would end the Civil War, but at a staggering cost to the Western Massachusetts ...

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At first glance, this photo entitled “General Grant at City Point” appears to be a rare shot of Grant reviewing his troops during the Civil War. But take a closer look at the image and questions begin ...

For much of his life, Ulysses S. Grant failed at every occupation he tried. But in the United States Army, his remarkable talents as a soldier and leader saved his country from falling apart. Born ...

Advance, fight, suffer retreat -- it was the same old story for the U.S. Army, month after month, year after year, as the war dragged on with mounting casualties and no end in sight. Ever since the ...

"This biography details the three years which saw Ulysses S. Grant's extraordinary rise from mediocre shop clerk to general-in-chief of the U.S. Army. Grant's most spectacular campaigns, including ...

Many stories about the Civil War include accounts of General U.S. Grant’s Virginia headquarters at City Point (Now called Hopewell) during the siege of Richmond in 1864 and 1865. Quite often there is ...

Swim around enough in the oceanic photo archives of the Library of Congress and you will spot some strange things — including old doctored photos of two-headed humans and a man-monster superimposition ...