As Ulysses S. Grant's funeral procession made its ... Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox. A million people, including President William McKinley, attended the tomb's dedication on April ...

As they paraded by him for the first time in March of 1864, soldiers of the Army of the Potomac knew the general in full dress blues, accented with sash and sword, was the freshly minted commander of ...

Stony Ford co-owner Susan Brinson provided the strongest evidence yet that Ulysses S. Grant did in fact smoke a cigar at the Goshen estate in his waning days. Grant historian Ben Kemp found ...

Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback ... The two leaders met at Appomattox Court House. There, Grant proposed his terms of surrender. Lee's men would be allowed to keep their side ...

Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president - He ... Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse ...

Robert E. Lee briefly engaged Gen. Ulysses S. Grant before surrendering to the Commanding General of the U.S. Army at Appomattox Court House. A retreating Confederate army of Northern Virginia ...

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 ...

Curt Fields will present a program on May 16 about Grant’s two terms as president. Grant was Rutherford B. Hayes’ ...

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 ...