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.

President Grant gave the pen he used to sign the 15th Amendment to a fellow Civil War veteran, Herbert Preston. Copyright © 2017 by Wendel A. White President Ulysses ...

Join us as we take a rare look inside the home of U.S. Grant - Civil War hero and the 18th President of the United States. Located in Galena, Illinois, this house preserves the personal belongings and ...

Years later, in 1869, Grant became a U.S. president like his former Commander-in-Chief Lincoln had done, setting a precedent ...

Even though Georgetown was the county seat in the early 1800s, it was little more than a small frontier town. Its population was just a few hundred. Everybody knew everybody else, as is basically ...

For over 100 years, the National Park Service has been a diligent steward of the beautiful lands our nation is blessed with.

It seems like Almost Yesterday that the city of Ironton, Missouri installed a series of historical markers to identify Civil ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential ... by and about the 18th president of the United States. Founded in 2012, the Grant Presidential Library ...