Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Steve Farrell Ulysses S. Grant was commissioned JULY 25, 1866, as General of the Army, the first to hold that rank. His Civil War victories resulted in his election as the 18th U.S. President. In his First Annual Message, December 6, 1869, President Grant wrote: “The Society of Friends…succeeded in living in peace with the Indians in the early settlement of Pennsylvania…These considerations induced me to give the management of a few reservations of Indians to... Read Full Story

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