Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president ... Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse officially ending the Civil War. Grant, now a national war hero, had made his ...

Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback ... The two leaders met at Appomattox Court House. There, Grant proposed his terms of surrender. Lee's men would be allowed to keep their side ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander talked about what America was like in 1869 and provided an overview of the ...

As they paraded by him for the first time in March of 1864, soldiers of the Army of the Potomac knew the general in full dress blues, accented with sash and sword, was the freshly minted commander of ...

Ulysses S. Grant was not an easy man to understand ... In truth, during the campaign that led to Appomattox, Grant’s attacking Army of the Potomac often fell far short of the 2-to-1 superiority ...

“Grant’s approach to Reconstruction was more than a domestic policy—it was an international movement,” Semmes said. “His ...

As Ulysses S. Grant's funeral procession made ... Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox. A million people, including President William McKinley, attended the tomb's dedication on April 27 ...

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 ...

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.