Ulysses S. Grant was born. U. S ... Grant had finally found an arena where he could shine: the battlefield. In March 1864, a grateful Abraham Lincoln appointed Grant commander of all the U.S ...

Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president - He was ... In response, Lincoln appointed him General-in-Chief of the Union Army in 1864. For the remainder of the war, Grant continued to ...

“Grant’s approach to Reconstruction was more than a domestic policy—it was an international movement,” Semmes said. “His ...

As they paraded by him for the first time in March of 1864, soldiers of the Army of the Potomac knew the general in full dress blues, accented with sash and sword, was the freshly minted commander of ...

The siege began on June 15, 1864 under the command of the Union’s new general-in-chief, Ulysses S. Grant, with a major battle ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Stony Ford co-owner Susan Brinson provided the strongest evidence yet that Ulysses S. Grant did in fact smoke a cigar at the Goshen estate in ...

“From 1861-1864, the major Eastern Theater armies fought battles and disengaged after each one. That pattern changed on the night of May 7. Instead of leaving the Wilderness to reorganize, Lt. Gen.

Although not a detailed biography, Reeves’ book focuses on critical aspects of Grant’s journey which led to his appointment to command all Union forces in 1864. Beginning with Grant’s resignation from ...

This nearly 10-acre site is dedicated to the U.S. Civil War general and two-term U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant, who lived here with his wife, family and enslaved workers in the 1850s.

An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant’s decision, announced on this day in 1862, was immensely controversial and hounded him for years Eli Wizevich The Union general directly ...