One hundred sixty years ago, at Spotsylvania Courthouse, Ulysses S. Grant was looking for some kind of breakthrough against ...

Join us on a special visit to the historic Galena, Illinois home of Ulysses S. Grant—Civil War general and 18th President of the United States. This well-preserved house reveals the private life of ...

Mississippi is a state with an abundance of military history, especially in Central Mississippi. Many of the area’s most ...

What did the Civil War do to railroading? The changes were rapid, profound, lasting, and formed the real basis of truly ...

Much of the history of the United States is told through the stories of white men. Not so in Canton, where the nation’s first ...

GEORGETOWN – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) presented a resolution honoring the life of President Ulysses S. Grant to Land of U.S. Grant Inc. at yesterday’s Brown County Historical Society meeting.

The American Civil War wasn't just a battle between states—it was a showcase of incredible military talent. From 1861 to 1865 ...

President Grant gave the pen he used to sign the 15th Amendment to a fellow Civil War veteran, Herbert Preston. Copyright © 2017 by Wendel A. White President Ulysses ...

From his childhood, Samuel Clemens was devoted to showmanship, exaggeration and the joy of a tall tale.

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.

Unpacking the logic of from's National Garden of American Heroes honoring figures from Christopher Columbus to Whitney ...

April marked 160 years since the major combat operations of the Civil War ended. The major Confederate armies surrendered — ...