At the time of Ulysses S. Grant's election to the presidency, white supremacists were conducting a reign of terror throughout the South. In outright defiance of 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 ...

In 1868, Grant was the obvious choice for the Republican nomination and he handily won the election that November. Ulysses S. Grant was set to become the 18th President of the United States.

Clip #5: Campaign Theme and Inaugural Address ... Based on the clip, describe the length and scope of Ulysses Grant’s inaugural address. What did “over half” of Grant’s inaugural address ...

Following some of the rockiest times in US history with the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant hoped that with the 1872 election, he could usher America through Reconstruction and bring the country back ...

Perhaps no state did more to advance and propel the career of Ulysses S. Grant than Mississippi. Thus, it stands to reason that his memoirs are housed at Mississippi State – one of only six ...

Photo courtesy of flickr user _Gavroche_ In his memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant makes scant mention ... as his 1868 Republican presidential campaign base. Grant set up headquarters in the DeSoto House ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Ryan P. Semmes, historian and Mississippi State Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library research director examines the far-reaching implications of Reconstruction in his first book ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, a massive collection of correspondence, research notes, artifacts, photographs and memorabilia by ...

In the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate 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 ...