Bordewich’s positive view of the former general adds to a trend among contemporary biographers toward seeing him as a relatively effective president.

Description This lesson explores the first 100 days of Ulysses Grant's presidency. The lesson, which features Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander and author ...

Two hundred years after his birth, Ulysses S. Grant remains an American leader who deserves more appreciation.

Ulysses S. Grant is finally getting his due, moving one step closer to becoming a general of the armies of the United States. His birthday is a holiday in Ohio.

U.S. Army Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant’s victory over the Confederate forces guaranteed his widespread popularity. After the war, he helped implement Congressional Reconstruction efforts ...

This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

In the aftermath of the Civil War, Republican majorities in Congress — first overruling the veto of President Andrew Johnson, then with the approval of President Grant — passed a series of ...

FILE - Gen. Ulysses S. Grant poses in Washington on March 9, 1864. Grant, the president responsible for giving America the national Christmas holiday, is finally getting a special day of his own ...

Beginning next year, April 27 will be celebrated as Ulysses S. Grant Day in the iconic Civil War general’s home state of Ohio, after legislation creating the recognition cleared the Legislatu… ...

Two hundred years after his birth, Ulysses S. Grant remains an American leader who deserves more appreciation.