200 Years of Ulysses S. Grant
Coming in April 2022
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A man for a nation in turmoil
In the Civil War, General Grant saved the Union and helped free the slaves. In Reconstruction, President Grant helped rebuild the South and stood up for civil rights. Today, the story of this great and good man can inspire Americans to finish the job that he started to unite America with justice and fair play for all.
Americans long ranked Grant with Washington and Lincoln as one of the nation’s three greatest leaders.
What Contemporaries Said about Grant
A man too broad for prejudice, too humane to despise the humblest, too great to be small at any point. In him the Negro found a protector, the Indian a friend, a vanquished foe a brother, an imperiled nation a savior.
Frederick Douglass
AbolitionistNotwithstanding the fact that he talks so well, it is plain he has more brains than tongue. He is one of the most remarkable men I have ever met. He does not seem to be aware of his powers.
Alexander Stephens
Confederate Vice PresidentReviews of the Best Books on Grant & His Times
A revival of interest in Ulysses S. Grant and the era of Reconstruction has produced many excellent new titles to augment the classics on Grant and his time that remain worth reading.
Quotes by Grant
Let us not be concerned with what General Lee is going to do to us. Let us be concerned with what we are going to do to General Lee.
Treat the negro as a citizen and a voter, as he is and must remain, and soon parties will be divided, not on the color line, but on principle.
Grant Places
Historic sites in Grant’s life, Civil War battlefields and of course, Grant’s Tomb.