It seems like Almost Yesterday that the city of Ironton, Missouri installed a series of historical markers to identify Civil ...

The Kings and Generals animated documentary series returns with a powerful new chapter: the American Civil War. Building on ...

General in Chief of the Union Army and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant rose from comparative obscurity to become general in chief of the Union army late in the war, securing victory by through ...

White President Ulysses S ... had served on the general’s wartime staff and later became Grant’s biographer, the president thought that “in order to secure the Union which he desired ...

April 9th has witnessed numerous significant events throughout history, spanning a variety of categories including politics, ...

A depiction of General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox ... how the surrender meant two very different things to the victorious ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in ...

In the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops ...

Edward Otho C. Ord was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War and commanded the Department of Arkansas and the Fourth Military District during Reconstruction.

By when had the last of the southern states “rejoined the Union” after the Civil War? Clip #11: Vice President and First Lady (2:21). Who was Ulysses Grant’s first vice president and what ...

A depiction of General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox ... two very different things to the victorious Union and defeated Confederates. When Grant became president in 1869 and tried to crack ...