CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Cape Girardeau holds a unique and consequential past, particularly associated with one of the most renowned men of the Civil War and an eventual president of the United ...

America's 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant, didn't grow up in opulence in his hometown of Georgetown, Ohio, where his family operated a tannery. Grant spent most of his time raising horses on his ...

Who's buried in Grant's Tomb? Technically speaking, no one — the tomb is above ground, so the proper question would be "who's interred in Grant's Tomb?" That answer is a little more straightforward: ...

Acclaimed Civil War reenactor and historian Curt Fields, Ph.D., will present “This Cruel War is Over: What Now?” at a special meeting of the Civil War Round Table at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at the ...

Two men who served as the nation's chief executive visited Lake Tahoe and Nevada in the late 1800s: President Ulysses S. Grant, who was not a sitting president at the time of his visit, and President ...

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction : war in peace -- Prologue : a troubled nation -- Political Apprenticeship -- "Let Us Have Peace" -- Grant Takes Command ...

President Ulysses S. Grant delivers his second inaugural address from the east steps of the U.S. Capitol as the temperature topped out at 16 degrees Fahrenheit on March 4, 1873, in Washington, D.C. A ...

Illinoisans celebrate our 16th president and defender of the Union on Feb. 12, a state holiday. The rest of the nation remembers Lincoln, along with George Washington, on Presidents Day on Feb. 16. In ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. When Ulysses S. Grant was elected president in 1868, he was a national figure whose image was widely known. This ...

The U.S. Grant Hotel, built in 1910 by President Ulysses S. Grant's son, is a historic hotel that has hosted the first ...