He was under orders to scout a suitable site for a military post, a mission personally approved by President Ulysses S. Grant, but he also brought along two prospectors, outfitted at his expense.

Ulysses S. Grant was born. U. S ... capturing Fort Donelson in Tennessee and demanding the rebels' unconditional surrender. He successfully turned back a surprise Confederate attack at the ...

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 ...

President Grant gave the pen he used to sign the 15th Amendment to a fellow Civil War veteran, Herbert Preston. Copyright © 2017 by Wendel A. White President Ulysses ...

Des Moines City Council members this week unanimously approved making Ulysses S. Grant School, 1031 23rd St., a local landmark. Built in 1885 in an architectural style reflective of city school ...

Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia after four years ... five days after the civil rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2003, Baghdad fell to American troops ...

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 ...