This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...

On July 4, 1863, after 47 days of battle, Lt. General John Pemberton’s Confederate troops surrendered to General Ulysses S.

Grant Village Lodge in Yellowstone National Park is named after Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th. President of the United Stat ...

At West Point, Rufus Ingalls was Ulysses S. Grant’s first roommate, and he roomed with Grant again at Camp Vancouver in 1852. As captains and quartermasters, they shared a room in the “quartermaster’s ...

Education. “Our students need support and certainty and our school boards must be able to rely on commitments made by the ...

It's the nation's semiquincentennial! July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of ...

Description. This lesson explores the first 100 days of Ulysses Grant's presidency. The lesson, which features Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander and author ...

On this day in history, Ulysses S. Grant, a West Point graduate and the 18th president of the United States, died of throat cancer in New York at the age of 63.

Ulysses Grant Dietz, the great, great grandson of former U.S. President and Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant, captivated a large audience on the cottage grounds.

Grant’s love of cigars was well-known in his time. A song was produced for his 1868 campaign titled “For President Ulysses S. Grant: A Smoking his Cigar,” and in 1884 one newspaper called ...