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STARKVILLE, Miss.—Historian and author Fergus M. Bordewich will discuss his new book “Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction” on Tuesday Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. “Klan War” ...
Ulysses S. Grant Finally Gets That Promotion. The Civil War general was elevated to general of the armies of the United States, a title his admirers had long sought.
Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president - He was named Hiram Ulysses Grant, but when he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point his name was miswritten as “Ulysses ...
As Union General Ulysses S. Grant pushed southward from Tennessee into Oxford, Mississippi, in December 1862, he felt the ...
Editor’s note: After this article was published, Stony Ford co-owner Susan Brinson provided the strongest evidence yet that Ulysses S. Grant did in fact smoke a cigar at the Goshen estate in his ...
Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Thursday, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned ...
The Kansas Department of Transportation has started multiple highway resurfacing projects along sections of U.S. 56 and K-25.
While banks and other businesses are closed on the federal holiday of Juneteenth, there are several Chicago Juneteenth events ...
The Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable will present a special Wednesday, July 16, program, “Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ...
The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will be a new spectacle for many Americans. This will not be the first ...
The Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable will present a special July program at the Palace Theater July 16 at 6 p.m.
As he weighs whether to commit American air power to supplement Israel’s shockingly effective aerial attacks on Iran, President Trump issued an ambiguous ...