Grant rose from comparative obscurity to become general in chief of the Union army ... are considered among the best of any written about the Civil War.

NEWS Today” had Civil War reenactors live in studio to talk about their hobby and the upcoming Civil War Symposium happening this weekend in Springfield. Curt Fields and Thomas Jessee were in studio ...

Grant, author Ron Chernow drops an interesting, if relatively unimportant, local tidbit about the Civil War hero and 18th president ... Boston rocker in which General Grant smoked his last cigar.’ ...

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 ...

Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the complacency-signaling slogan “Let us have peace.” Challenges: As for all post-Civil War presidents, the dominant issues in governance at the time ...

Grant's election to the presidency ... who had been a Confederate general during the Civil War. White Southerners from all classes of society joined the Klan's ranks. In the name of preserving ...

It’s not yet clear whether Trump’s pardons will herald a period of national harmony – as past presidents hoped for – or more ...

Grant on May 16. Curt Fields ... Visit part of Cleveland Civil War Roundtable tour Fields is coming to Spiegel Grove as part of a tour of the Cleveland area in May arranged by the Cleveland ...

Also inscribed on the blade are “1861-1865,” marking the span of the Civil War, and “General Grant,” in tribute to Ulysses S. Grant, who was a leading Union general and the 18th president of the ...