Professor Brooks Simpson talked about Union General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, which was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June of 1864 during the U.S. Civil War.

As winter melted into spring in March of 1864 President Abraham Lincoln would finally find the military commander who would end the Civil War, but at a staggering cost to the Western Massachusetts ...

On this day in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln promoted Ulysses S. Grant, a major general in the U.S. Army, to the rank of lieutenant general. The document placed Grant, who would go on to become ...

In March 1864, a grateful Abraham Lincoln appointed Grant commander of all the U.S. armies, with the rank of lieutenant general. ... Ulysses S. Grant's father made a living tanning leather.

Because of Grant’s successes, in March 1864 he was promoted to lieutenant general with command of all Union forces. From then on, Grant would answer only to the president. 9.

On this day in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln promoted Ulysses S. Grant, a major general in the U.S. Army, to the rank of lieutenant general. The document placed Grant, who would go on to become ...

Ulysses S. Grant's Second Petersburg Offensive A. Wilson Greene analyzed Ulysses S. Grant’s lesser-known second Petersburg offensive, which took place in June 1864 as Union forces attempted ...

Let’s start with Grant’s head, which appears to have come from a June 1864 portrait of Grant at Cold Harbor, Va. The body and the horse actually weren’t of Grant, but Major General Alexander ...

Unraveling Ulysses S. Grant’s Complex Relationship With Slavery ... In late January 1864, an enslaved woman named Jule liberated herself in Louisville, Kentucky, while en route to St. Louis.

Ulysses S. Grant, 1864 Mathew B. Brady, National Portrait Gallery [/] To ... Here, the rough and tumble Ulysses S. Grant from Ohio faces off with the southern patrician Robert E. Lee.

For much of his life, Ulysses S. Grant failed at every occupation he tried. But in the United States Army, his remarkable talents as a soldier and leader saved his country from falling apart. Born ...