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Há 5 dias · Ulysses S. Grant, the Myth of His Drinking. Essay documenting numerous eyewitness accounts about Grant and alcohol. Grant Refused Alcohol. Newspaper account documenting an occurrence in which Julia tried, without success, to convince Ulysses to take a small drink. From The New Orleans Advocate, May 16, 1868.
24 de mai. de 2024 · Grant Promoted to General of the Armies. More than 150 years after leading the Union Armies to victory in the Civil War, Ulysses Grant is about to be promoted to General of the Armies of the United States. The move, authorized in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, would make Grant just the third officer to receive the rank.
Há 5 dias · For interesting material about how the Grants received this news, see The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Oct. 1, 1878 to Sept. 30, 1880, p. 252-253, available in Google Books. Nellie Grant Sartoris Article from the Topeka State Journal, December 25, 1903 on the occasion of Nellie's appointment as chair, Board of Lady Managers, St. Louis World's Fair.
24 de mai. de 2024 · Grant Promoted to General of the Armies. More than 150 years after leading the Union Armies to victory in the Civil War, Ulysses Grant is about to be promoted to General of the Armies of the United States. The move, authorized in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, would make Grant just the third officer to receive the rank.
24 de mai. de 2024 · Detailed Account of Grant's Last Days and Funerals from Life and Personal Memories of U. S. Grant, by R. A. Fenton, 1886. Pages 158 to 268 contain a highly detailed account of Grant's last days at Mt. McGregor and the activities and ceremonies following his death.
Há 5 dias · This was printed in the Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter in April, 1973 (at the link, scroll down to that issue). Horace Porter asked Grant outright why he never uttered oaths, as so many in the military did, especially General Rawlins, Grant's chief-of-staff who could not seem to utter a sentence without profanity taking a major role in its structure.
Há 1 dia · On June 3rd, 1864, Union General Ulysses S. Grant ordered a disastrous frontal assault at Cold Harbor, resulting in 7,000 Union casualties in under an hour. ...
