Over the course of the American Civil War, Grant commanded and fought in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the Wilderness, Petersburg, and Appomattox. Grant was appointed ...

Descendants of three American Presidents will speak at a forum in Caldwell next month at a forum sponsored by the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial ...

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 ...

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 ...

In December, 1863, General Ulysses. S. Grant had many big decision to make as he made his plans for the spring offensive against the Confederacy. Grant, a West Point graduate and veteran of the ...

Ulysses S. Grant is often dismissed as a simple butcher of his troops. In fact, Grant was an inspired military leader with a genius for issuing lucid orders, maneuvering his troops adroitly, and ...

A piece of political and architectural U.S. history is up for sale in New York's Hudson Valley, with an asking price of $4.95 million. The 19.72-acre Gothic Revival Hurst-Pierrepont Estate in ...

The Ulysses Quarter will come to center stage of the Jorgensen Center as part of the Lenard Chamber Music Series. The performance will take place on Tuesday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. The quartet ...

The final cooking temperature of a steak is vital to its overall quality. Well-done cuts are often lambasted as dry and tough, but one of history's most famous commanders-in-chief felt very ...

Some search for battle, others are born into it ...

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 ...