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People Archives:Ulysses S. Grant

Soldiers burying the dead, Mexican War

Civil War Generals Never Forgot the Blood and Lost Friends in the US Showdown with Mexico

by Frank Jastrzembski3/4/20241/17/2024

At the outset of the Civil War, generals on both sides were not surprised by the bloodshed they witnessed.

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Grant Didn’t Fit the Eastern Theater Mold—Turns Out That’s Exactly What Lincoln Wanted

by William W. Bergen2/12/20244/29/2024
ulysses-grant-sword

The Sword That Spurred Ulysses Grant To Victory

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/16/20241/16/2024
Ku Klux Klan regalia

A Battle Ulysses S. Grant Couldn’t Quite Win

by Gordon Berg1/8/20241/8/2024
Captain Samuel DeGolyer

This Union Officer Escaped a Confederate Prison and Became Grant’s Most Trusted Gunner

by Trace Brusco1/4/202411/1/2023
Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois

The Little Town in Illinois That Helped Decide the Civil War

by Robert B. Mitchell12/18/202312/8/2023
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‘Soldier of Destiny’: A Detailed View of Grant as an Evolving Soul

by Dave Kindy8/3/20234/3/2024
Texas Civil War Museum

The Texas Civil War Museum Lowers Its Flag

by Donald L. Barnhart Jr.7/24/20237/20/2023
Painting of 4th US Cavalry

When Indian Raiders Plagued Postwar Texas, President Grant Authorized This Illegal Invasion of Mexico

by Allen Lee Hamilton6/23/20235/31/2023
Photo of New York Skyline, Chrysler Building, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 1920s.

Racing to Build America’s Tallest Skyscrapers, How This Technology Let Architects Get High

by Dennis Goodwin4/11/20234/12/2023

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