There is nothing stranger in American history than the up-and-down reputation of Ulysses S. Grant. Grant, who was born April 27, 1822, was the commanding general who ended the Civil War.

This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

For much of his life, Ulysses S. Grant failed at every occupation he tried. But in the United States Army, his remarkable talents as a soldier and leader saved his country from falling apart. Born ...

Today, we commemorate the 200th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant’s birthday. Born to humble beginnings, this great defender of America won our bloodiest war, trampled the dark forces of disunion ...

Many readers today, however, might be surprised to discover that the seeds for Grant’s civil and human rights commitments were planted early on in his military career during the Mexican-American ...

Ulysses S. Grant wasn't a military man at the start of the Civil War. The war hero of the Mexican-American conflict was far from those accolades when the Civil War broke out in 1861.

Why Union General Ulysses S. Grant Issued an Order to Expel Jews From Certain Confederate States During the Civil War An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant’s decision ...

Even Ulysses S. Grant, the greatest military leader of the war years, manages to go behind a cloud of corruption and indifference when he succeeds Johnson in the presidency in 1869.

As Union General Ulysses S. Grant pushed southward from Tennessee into Oxford, Mississippi, in December 1862, he felt the pressure of the Southern cotton economy closing around him. Smuggling and ...

In that climate, social media users began circulating a purported quotation from Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the American Civil War, and 18th president of the ...

The Mexican-American War: Photos from the 1800s show a young nation's conflict Prominent American Civil War Generals Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and Stonewall Jackson were among those who ...

American Civil War hero Ulysses S Grant was proud of his Scottish roots, but was not always in the best of moods on his landmark visit to Scotland.