On July 4, 1863, after 47 days of battle, Lt. General John Pemberton’s Confederate troops surrendered to General Ulysses S.

This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

The Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable will present a special July program at the Palace Theater July 16 at 6 p.m.

COLD HARBOR | CIVIL WAR In the spring of 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant had the Confederates on their heels. Two massive battles, the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House had just taken place ...

But he appreciates Grant’s sending the original message with his adjutant Gen. Seth Williams, who had been Lee’s adjutant when he was superintendent at West Point – and that a Union orderly ...

In late May, Ulysses S. Grant, commander of all Union forces, pushed his troops south through Virginia, arriving near a crossroads about 12 miles northeast of Richmond known as Cold Harbor.

In 1868, Grant was the obvious choice for the Republican nomination and he handily won the election that November. Ulysses S. Grant was set to become the 18th President of the United States.

Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Dent Grant and their four children in Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1870. The two Black men in the background are unidentified. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons ...

According to the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage historical site in Wilton, New York, Grant paid a $20 bond and didn’t show up to a trial the following day, forfeiting his money.

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.