A photo of Ulysses S. Grant at City Point highlights an important moment in the Civil War and his path to the presidency. The ...

America celebrated its National Day of Jubilee, or 100th birthday, on July 4, 1876, then-President Ulysses S. Grant declaring ...

The 12th annual Ulysses S. Grant Symposium will be held Friday, Nov. 7, at Kellerman-Lorimier Hall in Cape Girardeau, featuring three Grant experts and a tribute to the late Frank Nickell. According ...

The enigmatic figure of General Ulysses S. Grant has been the subject of much analysis over recent years, especially as the narrative of “Butcher Grant” has subsided alongside the “Lost Cause” myth.

Editor's note: eighth in a series on Civil War figures. Ulysses Grant, the leading Union general of the Civil War, was instrumental to victories in the Battles of Chattanooga before becoming the 18th ...

The American military is not supposed to intervene in domestic politics. This is the long-standing norm governing U.S. civil-military relations. The Constitution asserts civilian control over the ...