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Tag Archives: General Grant
Civil War Divas: Mary & Julia Part II
After the initial “how-do,” Mary Lincoln and Julia Grant did not meet again for a year. Mary Lincoln: 1864-5 Mary Lincoln took a long time to emerge from her deep grief over her son Willie’s death in early 1862. Custom … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Adam Badeau, American history, City Point VA, Civil War history, Col. Adam Badeau, Col. Horace Porter, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, General Charles Griffin, General Grant, history, Julia Grant, Mary Lincoln, Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Mary Ord, Mrs. Sarah Griffin, Presidential history, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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Grant’s Tomb: A NY Icon
The Civil War could have been fought 3x over in the time it took for Grant’s Tomb to be erected. We Love New York Choosing New York City to be the site of Grant’s final resting place was not difficult. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alonzo Cornell Riverside Park in New York City, American history, Architect John H. Duncan, Chester Alan Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, General Grant, General U.S. Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant Monument Association, Grant Monument Association Secretary Richard T> Greener, Grant’s Tomb, history, Julia and Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Grant, NYC Mayor William Russell Grace, President Ulysses S. Grant, Richard T. Greener, US history, White House history
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Julia Grant’s Bad Hat Story
Julia, The Plain Child Julia Dent (1826-1902) was the fourth of eight children (one died in infancy) born to Frederick W. Dent and Ellen Bray Wrenshall. Four boys and four girls. In that order. Colonel Dent (an honorary title) was … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Civil War, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, General Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant, Ladies bonnets in the 19th century, Presidential history, Union General Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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General Grant’s No-Exchange Order
Hard to Believe, But… After millenniums of savage butchery, more “civilized” armies faced each other on the most favorable empty grounds they could find and they became battlefields, far from villages and towns and private citizens. If a belligerent was … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Civil War history, Civil War prisoners of war, CSA General Simon Buckner, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ft. Pillow, General Cornwallis, General Grant, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, General Ulysses S. Grant, George Washington at Yorktown, history, Presidential history, Simon Bolivar Buckner, The battle of Milikens Bend, The battle of Port Hudson, The Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. Grant at Vicksburg, US Civil War, US history
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Julia Grant: Sleeping With the General
This is Julia’s story. She saw it first hand. General Grant’s One-Two Punch For twenty years, General Ulysses S. Grant had been at the pinnacle: victorious Union General, the Hero of Appomattox, two-term POTUS and world traveler, hosted by kings … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Dr. George Shrady, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ferdinand Ward, First Ladies history, General Grant, General Grant's doctor, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant & Ward, Grant business partner Ferdinand Ward, history, Julia Grant, Mark Twain, Presidential history, Presidential wives, the final illness of General Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Johnson, Grant and the Big Parade
Mid-March through Mid-May, 1865 were fraught with events March 1865 With General Ulysses Grant squeezing the Rebel Army even tighter in Petersburg, VA, and General William Sherman marching his vast army up the eastern coast, everyone knew that the end … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Admiral David Porter, American history, Andrew Johnson, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George A. Custer, General George Meade, General Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, George Gordon Meade, Grand Review of the Armies in 1865, history, President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson, Presidential history, The Parade of the Union Army in 1865, Ulysses Grant, US history, William T. Sherman
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General Grant’s Greatest Lesson
Fear is a natural reaction in the face of danger, or stress or the unknown. Or all of it. USG: Reinstatement The surrender of Fort Sumter in April 1861 changed everything for West Point trained Ulysses S. Grant. President Lincoln … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Civil War history, Colonel Ulysses S. Grant, Confederate Colonel Thomas Harris, Congressman Elihu Washburne, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Meade, General Grant, General John C. Fremont, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant's Personal Memoirs, history, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, The American Civil War, The Salt River, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Burying General Grant
When General Ulysses S. Grant died in 1885, it was not a surprise. He had been ill for more than a year, and everyone knew it. Double Barrels of Woe In 1880, after an embarrassing semi-attempt at a third presidential … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Col. Fred D. Grant, Col. Frederick D. Grant, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ferdinand Ward, First Lady Julia Grant, General Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant's choices for burial, Grant's funeral procession, Grant's son Frederick, Grant's Tomb, history, Julia Grant, Mrs. Ulysses S Grant, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, the death of General Grant, the funeral of General Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Appomattox Parole Perks
April 9, 1865 was arguably among the most important days in U.S. history. U.S. Grant: The Surrender The Civil War had dragged on for four long years, and the casualty count was in the hundreds of thousands and would go … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American history, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox Court House NPS, Chief of Education Ernie Price, Civil War history, Confederate soldiers paroled at Appomattox, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant, General Grant's Order #73, General Robert E. Lee, General U.S. Grant, history, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert E. Lee, terms of surrender at Appomattox, Transportation for paroled Confederates, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Visitors Services at Appomattox Court House
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U.S.Grant and the U.S. Mail
Mail call has always been one of the key ingredients of soldier morale and frequently the high point of his day. A Literate War The Civil War is considered by most historians as the “first modern war” for a variety … Continue reading
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Tagged Absalom Markland, American Civil War, American history, Candice Shy Hooper, Civil War history, Communications during the Civil War, General Grant, General U.S. Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Julia Dent, Julia Dent Grant, Post Office history, postal history, Presidential history, Ulysses S. Grant, US Civil War, US history
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