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Tag Archives: Ulysses Grant
Captain Grant: A Turning Point
Grant: The 1850s Ulysses S. Grant had become a soldier under duress. His father insisted that his eldest son attend West Point. It was a free education. Not that Jesse Grant was poor; he was definitely middle class, with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Civil War, Democrat Stephen Douglas, Feather Schwartz Foster, Grant in Galena IL, Grant tannery in Galena IL, Grant's family, Grant's father, history, Jesse Grant Sr., Julia Grant, Republican Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, The election of 1860, Ulysses and Julia Grant, Ulysses Grant, US Civil War, US Civil war history, 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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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
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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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General Grant Saves General Lee
On April 9, 1865, Ulysses S. Grant became the most popular man in America. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House Civil War Victory: The Euphoria The news was instantaneously carried by telegraph wire across the country – North … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civil War, American history, Civil War, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Lee, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, history, Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth, Lee surrender at Appomattox, Lincoln's Assassination, Lincoln's funeral train, President Andrew Johnson, Presidential history, Robert E. Lee, Secretary of State William Seward, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson
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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
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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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