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But they and the most successful American generals — Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Douglas MacArthur, George Patton — were not Hamlets. They did not agonize over why they were fighting or whether it was worth it. Full Article at Creators Syndicate
A nice bit of trivia from the story: The first state dinner was held in 1874, when President Ulysses S. Grant hosted the King of... Full Article at Dallas Morning News - Blogs
Mt. Emmons, known to the locals as "The Red Lady" towers over the town of Crested Butte, Colo. , in this photo taken Saturday, March 28 , 2009. View Photo »
I think as the Blue Dogs welcome their new colleague Congressman Owens and remind themselves that he's the first Democrat to hold that seat in 140 years, since Ulysses S. Grant, and that he campaigned on the Obama program, they'll have to say, 'You know what, we're onto something here if we stick with t...
Michael McWeeney/Staten Island AdvanceSal Cali, a project executive for the city's Department of Design and Construction, discusses the engineering challenge of reinforcing City Hall's old wooden roof trusses with steel beams. Full Article at SILive.com
Civil War generals usually come easily packaged: the brilliant, well-mannered Robert E. Lee, stoically erect, boots polished, a model of Southern manhood and elegant savagery; Ulysses S. Grant, also brilliant but a slouching product of the West, his... Full Article at The New York Times
As I noted in this space three weeks ago, in a review of "Monument Wars," Kirk Savage's fine study of statues and other memorial edifices in this city, the Lincoln Memorial is familiar to people all over the world, yet the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, at... Full Article at Jonathan Yardley (Washington Post)
Crested Butte, Colo. Mayor Alan Bernholtz is pictured next to the road leading to a proposed molybdenum mine on Mt. Emmons near Crested Butte, Colo. , in this photo taken Wednesday, March 25, 2009. View Photo »
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - If you want a Civil War vacation, book a trip to Gettysburg. When wine country calls, Napa Valley and Sonoma lead the list. If you want history and chardonnay, try Fredericksburg. Full Article at Boston Globe
The 19th century American writer Henry Adams said the descent of American presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant was enough to discredit the theory of evolution. Full Article at The Post Chronicle
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Mt. Emmons, known to the locals as "The Red Lady" towers over the town of Crested Butte, Colo. , in this photo taken Saturday, March 28 , 2009.
View Photo »Crested Butte, Colo. Mayor Alan Bernholtz is pictured next to the road leading to a proposed molybdenum mine on Mt. Emmons near Crested Butte, Colo. , in this photo taken Wednesday, March 25, 2009.
View Photo »Crested Butte, Colo. city attorney John Belkin is pictured on Main Street in Crested Butte, Colo. , in this photo taken Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
View Photo »FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2007 file photo, Mt. Emmons, known to the locals as "The Red Lady" towers over the town of Crested Butte, Colo.
View Photo »Photography collector Keya Morgan holds a print of Abraham Lincoln, made on the same day as a rare, unpublished image of the 16th president in front of the White House (not shown) and the last sitting of Lincoln in 1865 before he died, in Beverly Hills, Calif. , Friday, March 6, 2009.
View Photo »Photography collector Keya Morgan holds what he believes is a rare, unpublished photograph of Abraham Lincoln, the only image of the 16th president in front of the White House and the last sitting of Lincoln in 1865 before he died, in Beverly Hills, Calif. , Friday, March 6, 2009.
View Photo »Photography collector Keya Morgan holds what he believes is a rare, unpublished photograph of Abraham Lincoln, the only image of the 16th president in front of the White House and the last sitting of Lincoln in 1865 before he died, in Beverly Hills, Calif. , Friday, March 6, 2009.
View Photo »Standing before a turn-of-the-century wood cut of Ulysses S. Grant, John Marszalek, a Civil War scholar, Mississippi State history professor emeritus is now the overseer for the collection of the former president's personal papers, documents and memorabilia, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 at the...
View Photo »John Marszalek, overseer for the collection of former president Ulysses S. Grant's personal papers, documents and memorabilia, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 at the Archives Department of the Mitchell Memorial Library on the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss. , shows a...
View Photo »John Marszalek, a Civil War scholar, Mississippi State history professor emeritus and now the overseer for the collection of former president Ulysses S. Grant's personal papers, documents and memorabilia, left, shows off some of the personal records to Dean of Libraries Frances Coleman...
View Photo »John Marszalek, a Civil War scholar, Mississippi State history professor emeritus and now the overseer for the collection of former president Ulysses S. Grant's personal papers, documents and memorabilia, shows some of the 90 office sized file cabinets filled with materials, Friday, Jan...
View Photo »John Marszalek, Mississippi State history professor emeritus and now the overseer for the collection of former president Ulysses S. Grant's personal papers, documents and memorabilia, holds an unused invitation from the Grants to meet a maharaja at a social event in the 1880's on Friday...
View Photo »John Marszalek, overseer for the collection of former president Ulysses S. Grant's personal papers, documents and memorabilia, adjusts a used decorative liquor bottle bearing the famous general's likeness, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 at the Archives Department of the Mitchell Memorial Library...
View Photo »John Marszalek, overseer for the collection of former president Ulysses S. Grant's personal papers, documents and memorabilia, shows a book of newspaper clippings Julia Dent Grant, the president's wife collected, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 at the Archives Department of the Mitchell Memorial...
View Photo »John Marszalek, a Civil War scholar and now the overseer for the collection of former president Ulysses S. Grant's personal papers, documents and memorabilia, holds a personalized scrapbook of newspaper clippings gathered by Grant's wife, Julia Dent Grant, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 at the A...
View Photo »Crested Butte, Colo. Mayor Alan Bernholtz is pictured next to the road leading to a proposed molybdenum mine on Mt. Emmons near Crested Butte, Colo. , in this photo taken Wednesday, March 25, 2009.
View Photo »I think as the Blue Dogs welcome their new colleague Congressman Owens and remind themselves that he's the first Democrat to hold that seat in 140 years, since Ulysses S. Grant, and that he campaigned on the Obama program, they'll have to say, 'You know what, we're onto something here if we stick with t...
The Battle of the Wilderness was a great turning point in the Civil War — the first clash between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant and the beginning of the end for the beleaguered Confederacy.
The interesting thing ... the church held camp meetings in the time of Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln.
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