On this day in history, Ulysses S. Grant, a West Point graduate and the 18th president of the United States, died of throat cancer in New York at the age of 63.

Hardscrabble, the log cabin built by Ulysses S. Grant and enslaved people at White Haven National Park Service In the 1850 census, Dent reported enslaving 30 people , who assisted with farm labor ...

Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president ... Lincoln appointed him General-in-Chief of the Union Army in 1864. For the remainder of the war, Grant continued to press the Union advance.

This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

Union Gen. Ulysses Grant poses for an 1864 photo during Virginia's Battle of Cold Harbor. An exhibit honoring the 200th anniversary of Grant's birth opens Friday in downtown Cape Girardeau.

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 ...

Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president ... Lincoln appointed him General-in-Chief of the Union Army in 1864. For the remainder of the war, Grant continued to press the Union advance.

FILE - Gen. Ulysses S. Grant poses in Washington on March 9, 1864. Grant, the president responsible for giving America the national Christmas holiday, is finally getting a special day of his own.

According to the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage historical site in Wilton, New York, Grant paid a $20 bond and didn’t show up to a trial the following day, forfeiting his money.

GEN. GRANT IN COMMAND.; His Official Order Announcing the Fact. Present Headquarters to be with the Army of the Potomac. Departure of the General from Nashville for the East.

Grant’s love of cigars was well-known in his time. A song was produced for his 1868 campaign titled “For President Ulysses S. Grant: A Smoking his Cigar,” and in 1884 one newspaper called ...