Today in History: Ulysses S. Grant
Today in History–April 27–the Library of Congress features Ulysses S. Grant, born on this day in 1822. Find out more about this military leader and U.S. president by visiting the Today in History section, then follow the links below to access more primary sources and resources about the 17th president of the United States.
Background
Stories from America’s Library
- Ulysses S. Grant Was Born April 27, 1822
- General Ulysses S. Grant Attempted to Take Vicksburg, Mississippi May 19, 1863
- Grant Attacked Petersburg, Virginia April 2, 1865
- Lee Surrendered to Grant April 9, 1865
Primary source sets
- Ulysses S. Grant primary source set
- Ulysses S. Grant inauguration primary sources (first, 1869 and second, 1873)
- Ulysses S. Grant Papers
- Books about Ulysses S. Grant
- Ulysses S. Grant correspondence & other texts
- Ulysses S. Grant historic newspaper coverage through 1886
- General Grant historical newspaper coverage through 1868
- President Grant historical newspaper coverage 1869-1877
- Ulysses S. Grant sheet music
- Maps related to Ulysses S. Grant
- Ulysses S. Grant image set
Select primary sources
- Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, Monday, July 13, 1863 (Congratulations on capture of Vicksburg)
- Ulysses S. Grant’s commission as lieutenant general, signed Abraham Lincoln 10 March 1864
- Good news from the army. Letter from Gen. Grant. Sept. 10 1864
- Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 21, 1865 (Military appointment for Robert Todd Lincoln)
- Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 31, 1865 (Telegram concerning Hampton Roads Conference)
- For President, Gen’l U. S. Grant. 1868
- The struggle of ’72. The issues and candidates of the present political campaign 1872
- “The Intellectual Character of President Grant” The Atlantic monthly Volume 23, Issue 139, May 1869
- Grant’s Annual Messages to Congress (1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874)
- “All men free and equal.” The XVth amendment proclaimed. Message to Congress. – Proclamation of the President 1870
- Gen. Grant’s reasons for supporting Gen. Garfield Sept. 28, 1880
- President Grant’s letter in 1876 to Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, on the Hamburg massacre 1880
- In memoriam General U. S. Grant August 4th, 1885
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