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Grant, the letters and speeches are the major source of information about Grant’s life and era and
have played a key role in elevating his reputation to that of the leading general of the Civil War and
the first of the modern presidents. As Powell shows, Grant’s choices demonstrate how he managed
to be a thoughtful, deliberate commander despite the fog of war. However, in 1884, Grant learned
that he was suffering from terminal throat cancer and, two days after completing his writing, he died
at the age of 63. After Andrew Jackson, four decades earlier, people elected duly popular Grant as a
Republican in 1868 and re-elected him in 1872 as the first to serve fully. Grant Association’s
Presidential Library, these selections enrich our understanding of the antebellum era, the Mexican
War, and the Civil War. In fact, grant was not a soldier at the beginning of the Civil War. Sherman,
Daniel Edgar Sickles, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Alfred Howe Terry, George Henry Thomas,
Lorenzo Thomas, E. D. Townsend, E. B. Washburne, James Harrison Wilson, and John Russell
Young. Major Grant and his mother, Ida Honore Grant, had already deposited in the Manuscript
Division the original manuscript of the Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant and a drawing made by
Grant when a West Point cadet. This section is arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material,
and chronologically thereunder. These manuscripts are extensively annotated to explain their
significance. On 24th April, 1861, 10 days following the collapse of Fort-Sumter, Commander Grant
landed in Springfield, Illinois, together with a syndicate of men Grant had nurtured (Rice 12).
Unlike the glorification by his biographers, this work finely explores the various controversies in
Grant's military career and shows him wanting as an officer and as a gentleman. Ulysses S Grant
was an average man with extraordinary courage who placed trust in his fellow man as he grew to fill
the office of the US Presidency. His success, explains Powell, was due to his tactical flexibility,
communication with his superiors, perseverance despite setbacks, and dogged determination to win
the campaign. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. Print. Bonekemper, Edward H.,
III. A Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Some items in Series 8 had previously been appraised as
peripheral and thus omitted from the microfilm edition prepared as part of the presidential papers
microfilming project. By so doing, he would restore the executive branch’s traditional authority over
Indian policy that had been upended by Jackson. Grant’sstratagem in the fight to seize the
Vicksburg’s river fortress, Mississippi, during 1863 is deemed to be the extremely masterful within
soldierly history; it divided the Coalition in 2, and it embodied the 2ndmajor Confederate military to
yield to Grant (Rice 12).Grant Ulysses was the deliverer of Union-forces besieged at Chattanooga,
Tennessee, firmly beating Bragg Braxton and opening away to Atlanta, and Confederacy’s core
(Crow 56). A new and deepening picture of Grant continues to emerge with the publication of these
letters. There is also an extended calendar synopsis of letters in each volume. Wellington is described
as an anti-heroic leader, grant is described as an unheroic leader and Hitler is considered to be
symbolizing what a hero should not be. In1870 to1871, the Congress approved the Acts of
Enforcement, which were criminal rules that safeguarded blacks' privilege to vote, function on juries,
hold office, and obtain equal law protection of. Grant’s comprehensive American Indian policy, Mary
Stockwell shows Grant as an essential bridge between Andrew Jackson’s pushing Indians out of the
American experience and Franklin D. Grant dispatched Sheridan Philip to the Valley of Shenandoah
to beat the Jubal’s army early and terminate the farms furnishing Lee (Perret 34). Strike at him as
hard as you can and keep moving.”. Fort Henry. Fort Henry. Fort Donelson. Fort Donelson. Fort
Donelson. Lincoln promotes Grant. North Carolina: Morgan Reynolds Publishing, Inc, 2005. Print.
Simpson, Brooks D. Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity 1822-1865. GRANT Grant Hiram
Ulysses was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio-twenty-five miles of northern Cincinnati on River Ohio,
Hannah Simpson and to Jesse Grant. My person helped the army win the Civil War for the Union. 2 f
acts about my person. Grant, in 1871, formally initiated an Act to Enforce Provisions in the
Fourteenth Amendment to hold the Ku Klux Klan accountable for their actions in the South. By the
time his army crossed the Rapidan in early May it was ready for a series of bloody battles with
General Robert E. Lee. May ended with the armies massed for an encounter at Cold Harbor.
Wellington is described as an anti-heroic leader, grant is described as an unheroic leader and Hitler is
considered to be symbolizing what a hero should not be. Born Hiram Ulysses grant, he came from a
rural background where his father had few economic means to get young Hiram an education save
for winning him an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Grant’sstratagem in the fight to seize the Vicksburg’s river fortress, Mississippi, during 1863 is
deemed to be the extremely masterful within soldierly history; it divided the Coalition in 2, and it
embodied the 2ndmajor Confederate military to yield to Grant (Rice 12).Grant Ulysses was the
deliverer of Union-forces besieged at Chattanooga, Tennessee, firmly beating Bragg Braxton and
opening away to Atlanta, and Confederacy’s core (Crow 56). Unlike the glorification by his
biographers, this work finely explores the various controversies in Grant's military career and shows
him wanting as an officer and as a gentleman. The groundbreaking historiography of Grant Under
Fire overturns 150 years of distorted and untrue accounts. Grant Association and Professor of
History at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Engage your learners in fun, interactive, and
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one has reviewed this book yet. Despite the substantial losses, Grant established a nine-month
restriction of Lee's militarywithin the city(Bunting 101). He never wonted to be a solider but he
went to west Point anyway. They each work well as a quick, textbook-free, in-class, or homework
activity. These manuscripts are extensively annotated to explain their significance. Grant Papers:
Series 5, Headquarters Records, 1861-1869; Vols. 45 (cont.)-46. The letters trace Grant’s early career
as a Civil War officer to his promotion to brigadier general. Whenever the phrase “Civil War” is
mentioned, two prominent people usually come to mind; ulysses s. Some items in Series 8 had
previously been appraised as peripheral and thus omitted from the microfilm edition prepared as part
of the presidential papers microfilming project. Despite suffering the biggest surprise of the Civil
War, committing the worst official act of anti-Semitism on United States soil, and coming closest of
all Union commanders to losing Washington, Ulysses S. This law afforded a civil cure for the
cruelties being perpetrated in the Southern (Rice 12). Introduction. Born April 27 th in Point
Pleasant, Ohio. Grant hoped to save the Indians from extermination by moving them to reservations,
where they would be guarded by the U.S. Army, and welcoming them into the nation as American
citizens. Grant built a powerful, patronage-based Republican Party in the south and strained relations
between the north and former Confederates. Before the War. Born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant,
OH Graduate of West Point Shy, unassuming Married Julia Dent on August 22, 1848 Drinking
problems earn him bad rep. General and family correspondence, speeches, reports, messages,
manuscript of Grant’s memoirs (1885), military records, financial and legal records, newspaper
clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers relating. By not bringing in victorious
generals from the western armies and by quietly conveying his confidence in his own troops,
however, he soon raised morale. Grant (1822-1885) was one of the most esteemed individuals of the
nineteenth century. In March of 1864, Grant positioned Major Genera Sherman v William in
immediate control of all Western forces and relocated his head office to Virginia whereinGrant
turned his mind to the long- hindered Union endeavor to terminate the Robert Lee’s army; his
secondary aim was to seize the Confederate’s capital, Richmond, Virginia (Eicher 219). Grant’s
failure to obtain Cuba sequentially led him to reintroduce negotiations with the Great Britain
concerning the Alabama that resulted to the validation of the Treaty of Washington on May of 1869.
Throughout, he relied on favoritism to decide military matters, trashing his personal enemies,
unreasonably elevating his friends, and even arranging battle plans to fit his prejudices. The material
is arranged alphabetically by the name of the author and type of material, and chronologically
thereunder. Banks, Benjamin F. Butler, and Franz Sigel, would let the legs slip from their grasp.
Grant also remains known for his two-volume memoirs, considered among the greatest military
Memoirs ever written. He went to college at West Point like Robert E. Lee. Ulysses S. Grant.
General and family correspondence, speeches, reports, messages, manuscript of Grant’s memoirs
(1885), military records, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia,
and miscellaneous papers relating. Robert Edward Lee, Confederate general, surrendered to Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Union general, at the hamlet of Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865 to end
effectively the Civil War. Although some historians have maligned his presidency as one of the most
corrupt periods in American history, these writings reinforce Grant’s greatness as a general,
demonstrate the importance of his presidency, and show him to be one of the driving forces of the
nineteenth century. In 1823 Grant’s family moved Georgetown village within Brown-County, Ohio,
wherein Grant spent much of his time up to the age of 17.In the age of seventeen, Grant obtained a
cadetship to join the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, via his Congressman, Hamer
Thomas L. General and family correspondence, speeches, reports, messages, manuscript of Grant’s
memoirs (1885), military records, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks,
memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers relating. Through attention to postwar accounts, Powell
reconciles the differences between what happened and the participants’ memories of the events.
Grant’s arrival was greeted with scant enthusiasm by the Army of the Potomac. He mounted a
successful attrition against his Confederate opponents to courthouse in 1865. Grant Papers, created
by the Manuscript Division in 1965 after the bulk of the collection was microfilmed, provides a full
list of the correspondents and notes the series number and dates of the items indexed. Rosecrans,
John McAllister Schofield, Philip Henry Sheridan, William T. In 1922, Ida Grant and her son
deposited the drafts of Grant's first inaugural address and his reports on the Vicksburg and
Chattanooga campaigns. If the federations failed to perform, the codes also permitted the federal
administration to arbitrate (Simpson 46). Senior Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts The Newark
Museum. Beyond Newark. Jewelry that inspired America’s Manufacturers. Important as original
history, they deserve reading for their own sake. Grant, in 1871, formally initiated an Act to Enforce
Provisions in the Fourteenth Amendment to hold the Ku Klux Klan accountable for their actions in
the South. Campbell reveals Grant to be a skillful envoy who brought to his travels the deep interest
in foreign policy issues he had shown during his administration. Grant and Secretary of State
Hamilton Fish debated long over the men best suited to present the United States' case. Grant’s
failure to inaugurate adequate political supporters was an influence in the indignities raging (Smith
103). Though the Union Army defeated the Confederate, the reason for this victory was Union's
competitive industrialization. At the college, he established repute as a daring and proficient
horseman (Rice 12). Sanfilippo, the original foreword by Bruce Catton, the original introduction by
editor John Y. This was aided by the fact that Grant Ulysses had witnessed and experienced
numerous battles, challenges, and controversial matters that the country encountered. By not bringing
in victorious generals from the western armies and by quietly conveying his confidence in his own
troops, however, he soon raised morale. Learn about an important western theatre battle ( The Battle
of Shiloh ). Ulysses S. Grant. Born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Named lieutenant
in 1864, Grant implemented a coordinated strategy of simultaneous attacks, aimed at destroying
ability of economy to sustain forces of the south. Sometimes, nepotism produced scandal of his
Administration; people coined the neologism to describe his politics. Grant left office in 1877 and
embarked upon a two-year world tour.
Abraham Lincoln appointed Grant to brigadier of volunteers in 1861; he in 1862 claimed the first
major capture of fort Henry and fort Donelson in Tennessee. These manuscripts are extensively
annotated to explain their significance. General and family correspondence, speeches, reports,
messages, manuscript of Grant’s memoirs (1885), military records, financial and legal records,
newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers relating. Grant suffered
heavy casualties but was determined to “fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.” Evaluation of
Grant’s success that May depends on whether one checks the maps or the casualty figures. Her
decision saved her husband’s life: like Lincoln, he too had been marked for assassination. Be the first
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bottom of this page. Grant symbolized in his insistence, dignity, impartiality, and individuality those
qualitative traits most crucial to citizens during extended times of national v and confusion (Simpson
46). Grant, Volume 23: February 1 - December 31, 1872 (Volume 23) Ulysses S. Keep on browsing if
you are OK with that, or find out how to manage cookies. These materials contain thousands of
letters written by Ulysses S. He sought as before to support and encourage embattled Southern
Republicans, hoping eventually to replace military protection with political legitimacy. It was during
the Reconstruction process that Grant battled the second utmost war of his existence (Perret 34).
Sometimes, nepotism produced scandal of his Administration; people coined the neologism to
describe his politics. On 24th April, 1861, 10 days following the collapse of Fort-Sumter,
Commander Grant landed in Springfield, Illinois, together with a syndicate of men Grant had
nurtured (Rice 12). Grant to his wife Julia Dent Grant and related items. The correspondence is
arranged chronologically. The volume once numbered 61 has been designated Volume 153 in the
Andrew Johnson Papers. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition in your local library. He achieved
international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War. While this scandal soon
faded from headlines, it foreshadowed more damaging ones to come. However, Grant lost the
support and, therefore, could not make the Senate grant the Cuba Annexation Treaty (Ballard 23).
Grant signed and enforced congressional rights legislation to lead Reconstruction. Engage your
learners in fun, interactive, and creative ways to discover more about ULYSSES S. Additional letters
received by the Library after 1965 are not listed in this index. His success, explains Powell, was due
to his tactical flexibility, communication with his superiors, perseverance despite setbacks, and
dogged determination to win the campaign. Grant also instituted the US Weather Bureau in 1870
February 9, and a novel tariff law permitting tariff cutbacks in 1870 July 14 (Rice 12). Though the
Union Army defeated the Confederate, the reason for this victory was Union's competitive
industrialization. General and family correspondence, speeches, reports, messages, manuscript of
Grant’s memoirs (1885), military records, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings,
scrapbooks, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers relating. Far from an extended vacation,
however, Grant’s travels in fact constituted a diplomatic mission sanctioned by the U.S. government.
In this revealing volume, Edwina S. Grant Papers are described in more detail in the Scope and
Content Note in the collection finding aid ( PDF and HTML ).
General and family correspondence, speeches, reports, messages, manuscript of Grant’s memoirs
(1885), military records, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia,
and miscellaneous papers relating. Series 9 also includes items appraised as peripheral and thus
omitted from the original collection as well as additions received between 1974 and 1978. In the first
in-depth examination in decades, Smith shows how Grant’s decisions created and won the Civil
War’s most brilliant, complex, decisive, and lengthy campaign. McClernand, George Gordon Meade,
John Singleton Mosby, Richard J. Grant III presented the headquarters records in two installments of
seventy-five and thirty-six volumes, respectively. Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign in your local
library. Grant to his wife Julia Dent Grant and related items. The correspondence is arranged
chronologically. Grant instituted the first CSC (Civil Service Commissions) in 1871 March 4, and the
1872 Act of Amnesty that was a decree that revoked voting restrictions as well as office-holding
barring against the Civil War secessionists rebels (Crow 46). Grant was the commander of the Union
(North) army in the Civil War. These materials contain thousands of letters written by Ulysses S. My
person helped the army win the Civil War for the Union. 2 f acts about my person. Community ?
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on Amazon Rate this book The Papers of Ulysses S. They each work well as a quick, textbook-free,
in-class, or homework activity. Grant were published in 31 volumes by Southern Illinois University
Press between 1967 and 2009. General and family correspondence, speeches, reports, messages,
manuscript of Grant’s memoirs (1885), military records, financial and legal records, newspaper
clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers relating. He never wonted to be a
solider but he went to west Point anyway. The material is arranged alphabetically by the name of the
author and type of material, and chronologically thereunder. INSPIRE your students!Activities are
NO PREP and READY TO GO. After struggling through the succeeding years as a real estate
agent, a laborer, and a county engineer, Grant decided to join the northern effort. Despite the
substantial losses, Grant established a nine-month restriction of Lee's militarywithin the city(Bunting
101). Unlike the glorification by his biographers, this work finely explores the various controversies
in Grant's military career and shows him wanting as an officer and as a gentleman. A) Abraham
Lincoln B) William Tecumseh Sherman C) Ulysses S. A new and deepening picture of Grant
continues to emerge with the publication of these letters. Named lieutenant in 1864, Grant
implemented a coordinated strategy of simultaneous attacks, aimed at destroying ability of economy
to sustain forces of the south. Grant presented generous terms, which did plentiful to lessen the
tensions amid the forces and safeguard some Southern pride semblancethat would be required to
resolve the opposing sides (Eicher 219). Grant Papers: Series 1, General Correspondence and Related
Material, 1844-1922; Subseries A, 1844-1883; 1844-1883. Introduction. Born April 27 th in Point
Pleasant, Ohio. However flawed they may have been, actions such as his Civil Rights Act of 1875
and Indian Peace Policy strike the modern observer as farsighted in their prioritizing of human rights
and their empathy with both African Americans and native peoples. Sherman, Daniel Edgar Sickles,
Edwin McMasters Stanton, Alfred Howe Terry, George Henry Thomas, Lorenzo Thomas, E. D.
Townsend, E. B. Washburne, James Harrison Wilson, and John Russell Young. In setting Grant’s
contributions against the wider story of the American Indians, Stockwell’s bold, thoughtful
reappraisal reverses the general dismissal of Grant’s approach to the Indians as a complete failure and
highlights the courage of his policies during a time of great prejudice.
Grant dispatched Sheridan Philip to the Valley of Shenandoah to beat the Jubal’s army early and
terminate the farms furnishing Lee (Perret 34). Named lieutenant in 1864, Grant implemented a
coordinated strategy of simultaneous attacks, aimed at destroying ability of economy to sustain
forces of the south. In 1846, three years afterward, Grant served as a lieutenant in the Mexican War
under Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor. Community ? Groups Quotes Ask the Author People Sign
in Join Jump to ratings and reviews Want to read Buy on Amazon Rate this book The Papers of
Ulysses S. African-American men the privilege to vote through pronouncing that the United States
citizens’ rights to vote should not be abridged or denied by the US or by some state because of color,
race, or earlier form of servitude. Though the Union Army defeated the Confederate, the reason for
this victory was Union's competitive industrialization. Hamer mistakenly named Grant as Ulysses
Simpson Grant, and though Grant objected the conversion, it was hard to refuse the bureaucracy
(Rice 12). My person helped the army win the Civil War for the Union. 2 f acts about my person.
Grant’s Personal Memoirs are shown to be essentially unreliable. This accomplishment made Grant to
establish a leadership style, which displayed a civilized instinct, capability, sensitivity, character and
utter determination whilst handling the foreign affairs issues, which led the U.S. to progress (Ballard
105). Though unfamiliar with the tactical situation, the army, and its officers, Grant delivered
another resounding victory. As Powell shows, Grant’s choices demonstrate how he managed to be a
thoughtful, deliberate commander despite the fog of war. Engage your learners in fun, interactive,
and creative ways to discover more about ULYSSES S. Grant also instituted the US Weather Bureau
in 1870 February 9, and a novel tariff law permitting tariff cutbacks in 1870 July 14 (Rice 12). Grant
was apprehensive over the implied threat of warfare with Spain as well as settled to a memo to offer
to Spain thatbrokered for Cuban sovereignty. It was during the Reconstruction process that Grant
battled the second utmost war of his existence (Perret 34). Grant were published in 31 volumes by
Southern Illinois University Press between 1967 and 2009. Grant and the American Indians reveals
the bravery and foresight of the eighteenth president in saying that Indians must be saved and
woven into the fabric of American life. Grant Papers: Series 1, General Correspondence and Related
Material, 1844-1922; Subseries A, 1844-1883; 1844-1883. Emulating the fashion of the upper class,
all three older children toured Europe, forcing Grant to borrow money from friends. Grant
Association’s Presidential Library, these selections enrich our understanding of the antebellum era,
the Mexican War, and the Civil War. He had 5 other siblings, Samuel, Clara, Orvil, Virginia, and
Mary Grant. Grant met with monarchs, ministers, and average citizens, creating the model for the
summitry and public diplomacy practiced by future American presidents while articulating concepts
of national self-determination, international organization, and the peaceful settlement of international
disputes decades before Elihu Root’s advocacy of binding international arbitration and Woodrow’s
Wilson’s proposal for the League of Nations. A concise reference for students of American history
and Civil War enthusiasts as well as a valuable introduction to those who are new to Grant’s
writings, this volume provides intriguing insight into one of the nineteenth century’s most important
Americans. He went to college at West Point like Robert E. Lee. Ulysses S. Grant. However, in
1884, Grant learned that he was suffering from terminal throat cancer and, two days after
completing his writing, he died at the age of 63. General and family correspondence, speeches,
reports, messages, manuscript of Grant’s memoirs (1885), military records, financial and legal
records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers relating. These
materials contain thousands of letters written by Ulysses S. General and family correspondence,
speeches, reports, messages, manuscript of Grant’s memoirs (1885), military records, financial and
legal records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and miscellaneous papers relating. By
so doing, he would restore the executive branch’s traditional authority over Indian policy that had
been upended by Jackson.
In a few months, the American Civil-War was commendably over, though minor engagements
carried on until Smith Kirby surrendered his armies in the Department of Trans-Mississippi on 2nd
June, 1865 (Smith 103). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the
American Civil War. On 31st July, 1854, Grant quitted from the military (Crow 56). Efforts by the
Library of Congress to assemble the Grant Papers began early in this century when Worthington C.
The material is arranged alphabetically by the name of the author and type of material, and
chronologically thereunder. Whenever the phrase “Civil War” is mentioned, two prominent people
usually come to mind; ulysses s. He began to hurt the south as victorie. Robert E. Lee. Major Grant
and his mother, Ida Honore Grant, had already deposited in the Manuscript Division the original
manuscript of the Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant and a drawing made by Grant when a West Point
cadet. African-American men the privilege to vote through pronouncing that the United States
citizens’ rights to vote should not be abridged or denied by the US or by some state because of color,
race, or earlier form of servitude. Grant’s wife. First Lady Julia Dent Grant wrote her reminiscences
with the vivacity and charm she exhibited throughout her life, telling her story in the easy flow of an
afternoon conversation with a close friend. Thus a quest which began in 1904 has resulted in an
accumulation which effectively documents the career of Grant the soldier, the president, and the
writer of a great memoir of military history. Simon, editor of the Grant Papers, is professor of
history, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. David L. Wilson, associate editor of the Grant
Papers, is associate professor of history, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. J. Thomas
Murphy, assistant editor of the Grant Papers, is completing his doctoral degree at the University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Died July 23 rd in his home in Mount McGregor, in New York. He was
63. Louis County, Missouri, where she had an idyllic girlhood and later met Ulysses. Grant never
intended to make a career in the military, much less go into politics, but he ended up commanding
the U.S. forces in perhaps the most important war America ever fought and then serving as its
eighteenth president during a period of profound change. Series 9 also includes items appraised as
peripheral and thus omitted from the original collection as well as additions received between 1974
and 1978. Bush both credit Grant with influencing their own writing. General and family
correspondence, speeches, reports, messages, manuscript of Grant’s memoirs (1885), military
records, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and
miscellaneous papers relating. Grant also remains known for his two-volume memoirs, considered
among the greatest military Memoirs ever written. Community ? Groups Quotes Ask the Author
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Papers of Ulysses S. These manuscripts are extensively annotated to explain their significance. Yet a
judiciously annotated clarifying edition of these memoirs has never been produced until now. Here
Grant tackled such matters as the currency, national debt, Foreign Affairs strategy, the Justice
Department, Native-American Dogma, and handled numerous indignities in his government. Grant
Papers are described in more detail in the Scope and Content Note in the collection finding aid (
PDF and HTML ). After struggling through the succeeding years as a real estate agent, a laborer,
and a county engineer, Grant decided to join the northern effort. England, therefore, would
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