U.S. Army Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant’s victory over the ... frequently clashing with President Johnson. In 1868, at age 46, he ran for the White House and won in an electoral college ...

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 ...

He was under orders to scout a suitable site for a military post, a mission personally approved by President Ulysses S. Grant, but he also brought along two prospectors, outfitted at his expense.

White President Ulysses S. Grant placed a high priority ... of the South by the use of unscrupulous means, etc., he, as the head of the army, became convinced...that the ballot was the only ...

This nearly 10-acre site is dedicated to the U.S. Civil War general and two-term U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant, who lived here with his wife, family and enslaved workers in the 1850s.

General in Chief of the Union Army and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant rose from comparative obscurity to become general in chief of the Union army late in the war, securing victory by through ...