Ulysses S. Grant is one of those figures who's taken on a legendary status in American history — he was skillful enough as a ...

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier ... a commander who would attack the Confederates aggressively. In Ulysses S. Grant, the president found his man. Lincoln named Grant commander ...

Ulysses S. Grant was born. U ... In March 1864, a grateful Abraham Lincoln appointed Grant commander of all the U.S. armies, with the rank of lieutenant general. No soldier since George Washington ...

As home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University has assembled a staggering array of artifacts from the famed civil war general and president, along with one of the ...