President Grant gave the pen he used to sign the 15th Amendment to a fellow Civil War veteran ... the first black person to serve in the U.S. Senate. In a powerful piece of symbolism, Revels ...

Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, he became known as U.S. ("Unconditional Surrender") Grant ... are considered among the best of any written about the Civil War.

The Civil War was entering its fifth year ... and agree “not to take up arms against the Government of the United States.” At Lee’s request, Grant even allowed Confederates who owned ...

Attendees of the sold-out March 8 Springfield Civil ... around us at night you could see campfires -- and they weren’t our campfires.” Still, when a note arrives from Ulysses Grant suggesting ...

Almost a year into the American Civil War, the Union forces laid siege to Fort Donelson. In this episode, we're going to find out why this fort was strategically important, and how Ulysses S Grant got ...

Ulysses S Grant ... madness of war, children remained children. In schoolyards and farmyards, boys dressed as soldiers marched and played war. Girls imitated the nurses of the U.S. Sanitary ...

Grant and the Union Army ... For the first year of the Civil War, O’Sullivan worked with Brady, and then in 1862 became assistant to colleague Alexander Gardner when Gardner moved to set ...

The Tennessee Wars Commission administers the application and grant processes. With this round of grants the Civil War Sites Preservation Fund has now allocated $20,312,188.32 in matching funds ...