In the 1840s, Parker was denied admission to the New York State bar, despite meeting all the requirements and training to become a lawyer, simply because Native Americans were not recognized as ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer who served in President Ulysses S. Grant’s cabinet, was posthumously admitted Friday to the New York State Bar, an ...

Tucked away in an amendment to the FY2023 U.S. defense authorization bill is a rare instance of congressional bipartisanship and a tribute to U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. If approved, the measure ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The president responsible for giving America the federal Christmas holiday is getting a special day of his own. Beginning next year, April 27 will be celebrated as Ulysses S. Grant ...

This volume follows up on the thesis presented in Prof. Varney's earlier book, General Grant and the Rewriting of History, in which he argued that Ulysses S. Grant deliberately sought to discredit Maj ...

John Reeves - Author, Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant At the beginning of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant wasn’t an abolitionist, admitting that his ...

The National Defense Authorization Act has passed Congress every year since 1961. On Thursday, the House approved the military funding bill on a 350-80 vote. It now heads to the Senate. Spending in ...

Reconstruction might be the single most difficult moment in the American past. It came in the wake of what might be the bravest moment, the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery. But the ...

Fleischer had boxed up the memoir and other items, including Sherman’s personal sword and military trunk, his family Bible and other mementos, driving them from a Sherman descendant’s home in western ...