Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander talked about what America was like in 1869 and provided an overview of the ...

Ulysses S. Grant’s first inaugural ball in 1869 ended in upper-class chaos. The workers running the coat-check mixed up all the claims, leading to fights and tears among the guests trying to ...

Ulysses S. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents—those men who led and won key battles in war. Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the ...

As a soldier, General Ulysses S. Grant had depended upon the able ... and favored their extermination. But not Grant. At his inauguration, Grant said that he would "favor any course toward ...

Ulysses Grant's father Jesse could pinch a penny as well ... She never visited Washington during her son's presidency — not even for his inauguration. After the death of her husband, Hannah ...

Perhaps no state did more to advance and propel the career of Ulysses S. Grant than Mississippi. Thus, it stands to reason that his memoirs are housed at Mississippi State – one of only six ...

“Grant’s approach to Reconstruction was more than a domestic policy—it was an international movement,” Semmes said. “His ...

Ulysses S. Grant, who lived here with his wife, family and enslaved workers in the 1850s. A large portion of the original 850-acre estate was sold off to the Busch family and now operates as Grant ...