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Johnson, Grant and the Big Parade

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Mid-March through Mid-May, 1865 were fraught with events March 1865 With General Ulysses Grant squeezing the Rebel Army even tighter in Petersburg, VA, and General William Sherman marching his vast army up the eastern coast, everyone knew that the end … Continue reading →

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General Grant’s Greatest Lesson

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Fear is a natural reaction in the face of danger, or stress or the unknown. Or all of it. USG: Reinstatement The surrender of Fort Sumter in April 1861 changed everything for West Point trained Ulysses S. Grant. President Lincoln … Continue reading →

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Grant and Buckner: Three Conversations

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

U.S. Grant and S.B. Buckner were cadets at West Point. Cadets Grant and Buckner Ulysses S. Grant, class of 1843, and Simon Bolivar Buckner, class of 1844, were both midwesterners of middle-class standing both financially and academically. West Point classes … Continue reading →

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Burying General Grant

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

When General Ulysses S. Grant died in 1885, it was not a surprise. He had been ill for more than a year, and everyone knew it. Double Barrels of Woe In 1880, after an embarrassing semi-attempt at a third presidential … Continue reading →

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Rutherford Hayes’ Secret Oath

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The election of 1876 was one of the most rancorous, divisive and probably corrupt in American history. Oddly Enough… Both Governor Rutherford Hayes (R-OH) and Governor Samuel Tilden (D-NY) were honest, decent men, albeit … Continue reading →

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The Tragedies of General James Longstreet

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

James G. Longstreet’s reputation has been a controversial yo-yo for more than 150 years. Pete. James G. Longstreet (1821-1904) was nicknamed Pete in infancy, and it stuck throughout his long life. Born in SC to a large family of Dutch … Continue reading →

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U.S.Grant and the U.S. Mail

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Mail call has always been one of the key ingredients of soldier morale and frequently the high point of his day. A Literate War The Civil War is considered by most historians as the “first modern war” for a variety … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: General Ulysses S. Grant

Johnson, Grant and the Big Parade

General Grant’s Greatest Lesson

Grant and Buckner: Three Conversations

Burying General Grant

Rutherford Hayes’ Secret Oath

The Tragedies of General James Longstreet

U.S.Grant and the U.S. Mail

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