Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

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 ...

He sent word to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant of his intention to surrender. The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House ...

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 ...

It would become his calling card, not backing down. Once Grant was brought East, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee faced 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 ...

Although the American Civil War ended April 9, 1865, when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, the war ...

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 ...

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 ...

In February 1862, Union troops commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant attacked Fort Donelson ... Lee surrendered his army to Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. During World War II ...