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Grant Creates Modern Staff System for the White House March-April 1869
Grant was sworn in as president on March 4, 1869. His cabinet was nominated and confirmed in his first week in office. One innovation of…
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…
The New “Grant” Miniseries Is Based on a Bio by Ron Chernow. How Good Was the Book?
Yale historian David Blight wrote a mixed review of Ron Chernow’s “Grant” in the New York Review of Books when the biography appeared in 2018….
January 13 1868 The Senate Refuses Consent to Johnson’s Removal of War Sec. Stanton
In 1867 Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act which required the president to seek the consent of the Senate prior to dismissing any government…
Andrew Johnson Breaks With His Generals: Grant and Sherman on Guard January 1868
In December 1867, President Andrew Johnson sent a message to Congress explaining his reasons for suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in apparent defiance of…
NY Times: Thoughts on the 150th Anniversary of the Start of U.S. Grant’s Presidency
This is the Sesquicentennial of the Grant Presidency. Jamelle Bouie, New York Times Opinion columnist, has a thoughtful article on the hopes engendered 150 years…
Did Grant’s World Tour Boost the U.S. in East Asia?
Robert Farley, a senior lecturer at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce of the University of Kentucky and a visiting professor at the…
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