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Tag Archives: Julia Grant
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Davis: A Healing Friendship
Two Civil war icons, one North, one South, finally met in old age, and became friends. Varina Davis: The Confederate Queen Varina Davis (1826-1905) first appeared on a national stage when she was eighteen and recently married to Congressional widower … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged "Grant's Memoirs", American history, Civil War history, Confederate First Lady Varina Davis, Confederate history, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Julia Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Jefferson Davis, Joseph Pulitzer, Julia Grant, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Mrs. Ulysses S Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Varina Davis, White House history
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The White House Nellie Weddings
White House Weddings Before Ulysses S. Grant was even born, there had been weddings in the White House. During James Madison’s administration, Dolley Madison’s widowed sister married her second husband, Thomas Todd. Some years later, James Monroe’s daughter Maria Hester … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged Algernon Sartoris, American history, Dolley Madison, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, Ellen Wilson, Ellen Wrenshall Grant, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Family history, Grant son-in-las Sartoris, history, James Madison, James Monroe, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, John Adams II, John Quincy Adams, Julia Grant, Maria Hester Monroe, Nell Wilson McAdoo, Nellie Grant, Nellie Grant Sartoris, President Grant, President U.S. Grant, President Woodrow Wilson, Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Weddings in the White House, White House history, White House weddings, William G.McAdoo, Woodrow Wilson
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Lincoln’s General’s Wives: A Book Review
The American Civil War created powerful generals with powerful and sometimes peculiar personalities. In a remarkably intelligent and readable quadography, author Candice Shy Hooper has brought to life four interesting(ish) women who were thrust into a spotlight(ish) because of the … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People, Recommended Reading
Tagged "Lincoln's Generals' Wives", American Civil War, American history, Candice Shy Hooper, Civil War Wives, Ellen Ewing Sherman, Ellen Marcy McClellan, Ellen McClellan, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George B. McClellan, General Ulysses Grant, General William T. Sherman, George B. McClellan, Jessie Benton Fremont, John C. Fremont, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant, Mrs. William T. Sherman, Nelly McClellan, US history, William T. Sherman
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ULYSSES UNDERGROUND: A Book Review
If anyone wants to know anything – even the most minute detail about the abolitionist movement and/or the Underground Railroad, particularly as it applies to Southern Ohio & Indiana, let them look no further than G.L. Corum, who knows practically … Continue reading
Posted in Recommended Reading
Tagged American history, Author G.L. Corum, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, G.L. Corum, Hannah Grant, history, Jesse Grant, Julia Grant, pre-Civil War history, The Abolitionist Movement, The Underground Railroad, U.S. history, Ulysses Grant's father, Ulysses Grant's mother, Ulysses S. Grant
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General Grant in New Jersey
General Grant was the most famous person in the country after the Civil War. All the rich and powerful and famous were anxious to court his favor, and the General usually obliged. A Tale of Gifts and Laws Simply put, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln receives gifts, Buchanan's niece Harriet Lane, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant in Long Branch NJ, General Grant President Grant, General Grant receives gifts, General Ulysses S. Grant, George w. Childs, Grant friend George W. Child, Grant's cottage in Long Branch, Harriet Lane, James Buchanan, Julia Grant, Monmouth Racetrack, Mrs. Julia Grant, Mrs. Lincoln, NJ, President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson, President James Buchanan, Ulysses Grant's houses, Ulysses S. Grant
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The Plot to Assassinate General Grant
General Grant was one of John Wilkes Booth’s targets on April 14, 1865. This is Julia Grant’s story, penned some 35 years after it occurred, and not known to the general public for more than a century. April 14, 1865 … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged "The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant", Abraham Lincoln, American history, Booth accomplice O'Laughlin, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Mary Lincoln, Ford's Theater, General Grant, General Rawlins, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, John Wilkes Booth, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant, Lincoln's Assassination, Mary Lincoln, Michael O'Laughlin, Mrs. Ulysses S. Grfant, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, Presidential history, Secretary of State William Seward, The Hero of Appomatttox, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson
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Mary Lincoln’s Rivals
Thirty year old Harriet Lane enjoyed a hugely popular tenure as de facto First Lady in the late 1850s. Her social leadership was as successful as her Uncle James Buchanan’s political administration was a flop. When First Lady-to-be Mary Lincoln … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Buchanan's niece Harriet Lane, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Julia Grant, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, General Grant, Harriet Lane, history, James Buchanan's niece, Julia Grant, Kate Chase, Kate Chase Sprague, Lincoln's Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, Mary Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. General Grant, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Ulysses S Grant, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Presidential hostess Harriet Lane, Salmon P. Chase, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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The Dying General: Grant’s Final Campaign
Ulysses S. Grant was unquestionably a great and able general, but he was no businessman. The General’s Last Hurrah When Ulysses S. Grant retired from two terms as President of the United States in early 1877, he was the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged "Around the World with General Grant", American history, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ferdinand Ward, General Grant, General Grant's family, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant's trip around the world, history, Julia Grant, Mark Twain, Mark Twain publisher, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, the death of General Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Varina Davis as a New York Yankee
The last years of The First Lady of the Confederacy were spent as a New York Yankee. Varina Davis: A Northern Lineage Although Varina Howell Davis (1826-1906) was born and raised in Natchez, Mississippi, she had prominent Northerners on her … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged "The Lost Cause", American history, Confederate First Lady, Confederate history, Confederate States of America, CSA President, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Julia Grant, First Lady of the Confederacy, history, Jefferson Davis, Joseph Pulitzer, Julia Grant, Julia Grant friend of Varina Davis, President Franklin Pierce, President of the Confederacy, Richard Howell, Secretary of War Davis, The Confederacy, The New York World, US history, Varina Davis, Varina Howell Davis, widow of Ulysses S Grant
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The Family Life of Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was unquestionably a great general. He was also a great family man. Ulysses Grant: The Poor Family Beginnings Financially, Ulysses S. Grant was not born to poverty. It was the family dynamics that were decidedly peculiar. His … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War
Tagged American history, Buck Grant, Civil War, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, Fred Grant, Frederick Dent Grant, General Grant, Grant's last years, history, Jesse Root Grant, Julia Grant, Nellie Grant, Presidential history, The family of General Grant, U.S. Grant's family, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses Grant Jr., Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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