Ulysses moved with his family to Missouri, and began to farm land given to him by Julia's father. Grant called the farm Hardscrabble, a name that fit. He built a modest house there, planted ...

an ice house, a chicken coop and a summer kitchen, where the property's enslaved workers once cooked and did laundry. While exploring the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, visitors should ...

As Union General Ulysses S. Grant pushed southward from Tennessee ... As the order began to go into effect, the Daily Missouri Republican reported a “general stampede” and “great ...

Beginning with Grant’s resignation from the army in 1854 because of alcohol abuse and ending with his promotion to Lieutenant General at a ceremony in the White House in March of ... White Haven in ...