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.

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.’ ...

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 and General Robert E. Lee, respectively. The two are cosplaying as the aforementioned generals during the Civil War ...

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 ...

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

Burnside had a major impact on the Civil War. He conducted a successful campaign ... on relentlessly and killed in massive numbers. General Grant called it "the saddest affair I have witnessed ...

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 ...

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 ...