Category: U.S. Grant
Early Reviews Praise New “Grant” Series
The reviews are beginning to come in on the new bio-docudrama “Grant” on the History Channel. The Wall Street Journal gave the miniseries a favorable…
General Grant in Manhattan: Photo Tour of Grant’s Tomb
Grant’s Tomb July 15, 2018 Michele and I headed to Manhattan a while ago to visit the General Grant National Memorial, better known as…
In May 1869 Robert E. Lee Called on President Grant at the White House
On May 1, 1869 Robert E. Lee visited U.S. Grant at the White House. This meeting would be variously interpreted over the years. The two…
Ulysses S. Grant in Brooklyn: The Great Statue No One Knows About
Major General Ulysses S. Grant is remembered at several locations in New York City. Grant’s Tomb is the most famous memorial, but the often ignored…
President Grant Appoints Elizabeth Van Lew Postmaster for Richmond & Gen. Longstreet Collector of the Port of NOLA March, 1869
Elizabeth Van Lew ran a Union spy ring in Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital. James Longstreet was a Confederate general commanding a corps of infantry…
Grant Appoints Elizabeth Van Lew Postmaster for Richmond & Gen. Longstreet Collector of the Port of NOLA March, 1869
Elizabeth Van Lew ran a Union spy ring in Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital. James Longstreet was a Confederate general commanding a corps of infantry…
March 1869: President “Grant’s Intense Negroism” Denounced
Soon after Grant became president he was denounced for his “intense Negroism.” Charleston daily news Saturday, Mar 13, 1869 Charleston, SC Vol: 7 Page:2
“Of the structure of government…he is singularly and wonderfully ignorant” Gideon Welles on U.S. Grant
When Ulysses S. Grant was elected president on November 3, 1868, one jaundice-eyed observer of the chief executive-elect was Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy Gideon…
William Seward Takes a Train Ride With President Elect Grant Nov. 1868
I found this story charming and telling. William Seward and Gideon Welles were the most prominent men in Andy Johnson’s cabinet in 1868. Johnson had…
When Grant Literally Decapitated Seymour (at least Cartoon Grant did)! Nov. 1868
By the evening of November 3, 1868 it was pretty clear to most informed observers that Ulysses S. Grant had been elected president. If you…
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