“All suburban housing developments look alike, and besides, every Yankee who ever crossed the Potomac except Ulysses S. Grant got lost as… — Charles McCarry Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“In the words of Frederick Douglass, “That sturdy old Roman, Benjamin Butler, made the negro a contraband, Abraham Lincoln made him a… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
I would rather go to bed with Lillian Russell stark naked than Ulysses S Grant in full military regalia. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“In the words of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: “There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be… — Harold G. Moore Copy Share Image
During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
About once a decade, it becomes necessary to remind Americans again that Ulysses S. Grant was a great man, indeed a giant… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
“Five years later, 750,000 Americans were dead. But the fact that such carnage had been wreaked for a cause that Ulysses S.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Since Ulysses S. Grant’s spelling could border on the eccentric, I have taken the liberty of correcting that and his punctuation and… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Grant deserves an honored place in American history, second only to Lincoln for what he did for the freed slaves. He got… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Not far away lay the big cannons that had held Ulysses Grant at bay for fifty siege days while the citizens of… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“eight thousand Republicans crammed into Crosby’s Opera House for a veritable coronation of Ulysses S. Grant. To play on wartime memories, General… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Around this time he performed a ceremony that he had contemplated for some time. He asked Fred to compose a letter requesting… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
