President Grant gave the pen he used to sign the 15th Amendment to a fellow Civil War veteran ... the first black person to serve in the U.S. Senate. In a powerful piece of symbolism, Revels ...

Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, he became known as U.S. ("Unconditional Surrender") Grant ... are considered among the best of any written about the Civil War.

The Civil War was entering its fifth year ... and agree “not to take up arms against the Government of the United States.” At Lee’s request, Grant even allowed Confederates who owned ...

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

Grant, author Ron Chernow drops an interesting, if relatively unimportant, local tidbit about the Civil War hero and 18th president of the United States. Advertisement Article continues below this ...

Almost a year into the American Civil War, the Union forces laid siege to Fort Donelson. In this episode, we're going to find out why this fort was strategically important, and how Ulysses S Grant got ...

Attendees of the sold-out March 8 Springfield Civil ... around us at night you could see campfires -- and they weren’t our campfires.” Still, when a note arrives from Ulysses Grant suggesting ...

Ulysses S Grant ... madness of war, children remained children. In schoolyards and farmyards, boys dressed as soldiers marched and played war. Girls imitated the nurses of the U.S. Sanitary ...

The Tennessee Wars Commission administers the application and grant processes. With this round of grants the Civil War Sites Preservation Fund has now allocated $20,312,188.32 in matching funds ...