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Tag Archives: Ulysses S. Grant
U.S. Grant and the Wildflowers
Ulysses S. Grant was a true case of still waters running deep. The Young Romantic Hiram Ulysses Grant (his name at birth) was an amalgam of both his parents: the tenacity of his father and the taciturnity of his mother. … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, Julia and Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Dent, Julia Dent Grant, Presidential history, the courtship of Ulysses and Julia Grant, The Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant, The War with Mexico, Ulysses and Julia Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White Haven, White House history
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The Scandals of President Grant
Fallout from association could be traced to Adam’s and Eve’s friendship with a snake. The Honest Ulysses Hiram Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) was a mild mannered fellow, soft spoken, honest, and perhaps a bit naive in some regard. He had a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abel S. Corbin, Abraham Lincoln, American history, Credit Mobilier scandal, Feather Schwartz Foster, General U.S. Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant brother-in-law Abel S. Corbin, Grant secretary Orville Babcock, history, Interior Secretary Columbus Delano, James Fisk, Jay Gould, Navy Secretary George Robeson, Orville Babcock, President Ulysses Grant, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, The Whiskey Ring, Treasury Secretary William Richardson, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, VP Henry Wilson, VP Schuyler Colfax, War Secretary Robert Belknap, White House history
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Grant, Greeley and the Strange Election of 1872
The Unlikely General Ulysses S. Grant was an unlikely general. West Point educated (class of ’43), he was a middling student, and other than his fine horsemanship, there was little that stood out. True, he served admirably in the War … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Background of Horace Greeley, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant, General U.S. Grant, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Horace Greeley, NY Gov Horatio Seymour, NY Tribune Editor Greeley, President Ulysses Grant, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, The election of 1872, The last months of Horace Greeley, The politics of Horace Greeley, Thurlow Weed, Ulysses S. Grant, US Civil War, US Civil war history, US history
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General Grant’s Last Escort
Serving as a pallbearer is the most unselfish “good deed” someone can do for another. The deceased can never return the favor. The Great General Ulysses S. Grant was not born to anything even remotely connected with fame or renown … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People, Rutherford Hayes, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Admiral David Porter, American history, Col. Frederick D. Grant, CSA General Joseph E. Johnston, CSA General Simon B. Buckner, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Julia Dent, Gen. John A. Logan, General Grant and cancer, General Philip Sheridan, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, George S. Childs, Grant's funeral procession, history, Julia Grant, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Grover Cleeland, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, Treasury Secretary George S. Boutwell, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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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, Buckner and the Pillow Flight
Gideon Pillow was first and foremost a “political” general of massive pretensions. The Stuffed Pillow Gideon Pillow (1806-78) was born and raised to a prosperous and well-connected Tennessee family. He attended the University of Nashville, became an attorney, and went … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civil War, American history, Civil War, Civil War history, Confederate General John Floyd, CSA General Gideon Pillow, CSA General Simon Buckner, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fort Donelson TN, Fort Henry, General Gideon Pillow, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, General Ulysses S. Grant, General Winfield Scott, General Zachary Taylor, history, President James K. Polk, Presidential history, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Mother Bickerdyke: Civil War Ranking Nurse
Right after the Civil War, there was a huge parade in Washington, DC. Leading the Soldiers On May 23, 1865, as the intense mourning over the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln began to slowly ebb, the newly discharged Army of … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civil War, American history, ”Mother” Bickerdyke, Civil War field hospitals, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, history, Mary Ann Bickerdyke, Mary Bickerdyke, Medicine in the Civil War, Nursing during the Civil War, The Civil War, The Sanitary Commission, U S Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, William T. Sherman
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Homecoming
Ulysses S. Grant was never happier than with his beloved wife and children. USG & Julia: The Long Courtship For Second Lt. Ulysses S. Grant, it was truly love at first sight when he met Julia Dent. Her brother Fred … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Grant resigns from the Army, Grant wires his father for money, Grant's assignment in the Oregon Territory, Grant's children, Grant's drinking problems, Grant's homesickness, history, Julia and Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Dent, Julia Dent Grant, The Grant Engagement, Ulysses S. Grant, US Grant's early assignments, US history
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The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant
Unknown until the 1970s, Julia Grant wrote her memoirs. The Iconic General Grant By the time Julia Dent Grant decided to put pen to paper, she was an old lady – at least by 1890 standards. She was in her … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, First Lady Julia Dent Grant, First Lady Julia Grant, General U.S. Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant's autobiography, Mark Twain and General Grant, Mrs. Ulysses S Grant, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Ulysses Grant's Memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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