He was under orders to scout a suitable site for a military post, a mission personally approved by President Ulysses S. Grant ... over politics since the Civil War. After Belknap usurped the ...

President Grant gave the pen he used to sign the 15th Amendment to a fellow Civil War veteran, Herbert Preston. Copyright © 2017 by Wendel A. White President Ulysses ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

Join us as we take a rare look inside the home of U.S. Grant - Civil War hero and the 18th President of the United States. Located in Galena, Illinois, this house preserves the personal belongings and ...

“The American Civil War has an official end date, and that end date is August 1866,” Vorenberg said. Notably, the official ...

April 9 marks 160 years of the anniversary of when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. It was a pivotal moment in American history, and one of the ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

Clip #4: Relationship with Predecessor (4:18). What “new title” was Ulysses Grant given by Congress at the end of the Civil War and what was he responsible for? With what had Grant and other ...

The Struggle to End the American Civil War” By Michael Vorenberg, read by Landon Woodson. Random House Audio, 16½ hours, $28.

April 9th has witnessed numerous significant events throughout history, spanning a variety of categories including politics, ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their ...