The folks at the Oregon Civil War Sesquicentennial are holding their February Civil War Book Club discussion on the biography of Ulysses S. Grant by H.W.Brands published by Doubleday in Dec 2012. They ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

For much of his life, Ulysses S. Grant failed at every occupation he tried. But in the United States Army, his remarkable talents as a soldier and leader saved his country from falling apart. Born ...

A mix-up on his first day at West Point in 1839 bestowed the name Ulysses S. Grant on the young cadet born Hiram Ulysses Grant. The “U.S.” would prove fitting. During the Civil War, troops dubbed him ...

TO RESCUE THE REPUBLIC: Ulysses S. Grant, The Fragile Union and the Crisis of 1876. By Brett Bair. Custom House. 400 pages. $28.99. As the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot approaches, ...

The picture painted by Brooks Simpson in his recent biography of "Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865," illuminates a man as complex and contradictory as we might ever puzzle over.

Part I. Formation 1630-1848 -- "My family is American" -- "My Ulysses" -- West Point -- "Dear Julia" -- "By treaty or the sword" -- "Army of invasion" -- Part II ...

While Reading Brad Neely’s “You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant,” I kept thinking of Norman O. Brown’s writing about the excremental vision, as employed by Jonathan Swift and James Joyce, and applied to a ...

The Civil War general was elevated to general of the armies of the United States, a title his admirers had long sought. By James Barron El principal logro del actual mandatario, según los ...