Ulysses S. Grant

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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army during the American Civil War, poses with his horse in this undated photo at an unknown location. (AP Photo)

Historians praise Ulysses S. Grant’s recent promotion to Army’s highest rank

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

William Belknap, who had led the War Department, resigned from office in 1876 under accusations of bribery. Though he resigned, the House voted to impeach him anyway. (Associated Press)

William Belknap’s impeachment trial looms large over Donald Trump case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former home of Ulysses S. Grant heads to new site in Detroit

By CHRISTINE FERRETTI - Associated Press

Ulysses S. Grant is the most successful general of the Civil War, leading brilliant battles and campaigns on a national scale.

Ulysses Grant statue toppled in San Francisco

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

The former home of Ulysses S. Grant when he was stationed in Detroit as a lieutenant in the mid-1800s sits at the former Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit in this 2018 photo, vacant and boarded up for years. Later in 2019 it will move to the Eastern Market area, where it will become a public education and resource center. (Daniel MearsDetroit News via AP)

Ulysses S. Grant’s Detroit home to be moved, renovated

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Grant’s Farm to end elephant displays after 4 die this year

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President Donald Trump speaks at a rally endorsing the Republican ticket, Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, in Lebanon, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

NBC News issues correction on Grant-Lee coverage after Trump balks

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Author to give Ulysses Grant talk at cottage where he died

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Bud the elephant dies of respiratory infection

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In this Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 photo, Mississippi State University president Mark Keenum, stands next to a life sized statue of then President Ulysses S. Grant, one of the exhibits in the new presidential museum that is part of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library in the Mitchell Memorial Library in Starkville, Miss. Mississippi State University will launch the new library and exhibit space housing Grant’s papers and artifacts on Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

New Ulysses Grant presidential library at home in the South

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Grant’ by Ron Chernow

By Joseph C. Goulden and

FILE - In this April 18, 2011 file photo, author Ron Chernow appears at his home in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The historian whose Alexander Hamilton biography was the basis for the Broadway musical “Hamilton” has a new biography, &quot;Grant,&quot; a thousand-page biography of Ulysses Grant. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)

Ron Chernow’s latest historical subject: Ulysses Grant

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Civil War era house vandalized

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In this March 3, 2017 photo, razor wire is coiled along a fence at the closed Mount McGregor Correctional Facility in Wilton, N.Y. Perched atop an Adirondack mountain, the 325-acre site for sale seems to have everything a developer could want: spectacular views, a man-made lake, close proximity to the tourist destination of Saratoga Springs and, oh, former President Ulysses S. Grant lived out his final days in a home next door. States are finding out the hard way that closed prisons can be a tough sell. (AP Photo/Chris Carola)

Slammer sale: Closed prisons are a tough sell, states find

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 18, 2011 file photo, Author Ron Chernow is shown at his home in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Chernow, the historian who helped inspire the musical “Hamilton,” has a biography of Ulysses Grant coming out in October. Penguin Press is calling the book “Grant” and plans to release it October 17, 2017 the publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Feb. 8. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

“Hamilton” author Chernow has Grant bio coming in fall

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Other provocative remarks by Maine’s governor over the years

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Time travel: Civil War diaries and letters posted online

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SCOTT WHITLOCK: Ulysses Grant met the challenge of racial equality

By Scott Whitlock

Engraving of Horace Greeley by J.E. Baker, Boston, 1872

THOMAS DIBACCO: Risks of a brokered GOP convention

By Thomas V. DiBacco

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grand and Robert E. Lee — The war They Fought, the P

By Joseph C. Goulden