Judge the candidates by actions Jul 27, 2008
I suppose Abraham Lincoln should have told Ulysses S. Grant how to fight the Civil War, as well. If George Washington had listened to John Hancock tell him how to cross the Delaware River, maybe the world would be a more peaceful place. (Florida Times-Union)
Rob Oviatt to Resign as WSU's Assistant Athletic Director for Physical Development Jul 26, 2008
Oviatt has also received the Ulysses S. Grant Sharp Award at the 2003 Holiday Bowl luncheon, voted on by the WSU players. He also serves on the association's Board of Directors, and was appointed to the Board of Advisors for the Taylor Hooton Foundation for Fighting Steroid Abuse in 2003. (Pac-10.org)
Strength coach Oviatt calls it a career Jul 26, 2008
" In 2001 Oviatt received the CSCCA's highest honor, being named the master strength and conditioning coach at the organization's annual convention. Oviatt has also received the Ulysses S. Grant Sharp Award at the 2003 Holiday Bowl luncheon, voted on by the WSU players. He also serves on the association's Board of Directors, and was appointed to the Board of Advisors for the Taylor Hooton Foundation for Fighting Steroid Abuse in 2003. Oviatt is the father of four children, Lindsay, Allison,... (Cougfan.com)
America needs officers like Sam Bonnette Jul 19, 2008
Two of them -- Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower -- were presidents. A service academy is not for everyone. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Air/ground integration starts at top with Grey Wolf, Warrior Jul 15, 2008
I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come if alive, William Tecumseh Sherman, in a letter to Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War. More Stories. (KWTX.com, TX)
John Y. Simon, at 75; edited volumes of Grant's letters Jul 14, 2008
NEW YORK - John Y. Simon, a Civil War scholar whose mammoth effort in editing of the papers of Ulysses S. Grant created a new standard for the organization of historical documents, died July 8 in Carbondale, Ill. He was 75. (Boston Globe)
John Y. Simon, 75, tireless editor of Ulysses Grant papers Jul 13, 2008
John Y. Simon, a Civil War scholar whose mammoth effort in editing of the papers of Ulysses S. Grant created a new standard for the organization of historical documents, died on Tuesday in Carbondale, Ill ... In the last months of his life, Simon was embroiled in a campus controversy when he was accused of verbally harassing three women employed by the Ulysses S. Grant Association and the university library, where the association has its offices. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
* Hair today, history tomorrow Jul 13, 2008
Most of Reznikoffs hair archive came from Margaretta Pierrepont, the wife of Edwards Pierrepont, the attorney general under President Ulysses S. Grant. For US$100,000, Reznikoff purchased the set of about 60 famous locks from Robert White, a cleaning-supply salesman who also hoarded shrunken heads, and who had acquired the Pierrepont collection in the 1970s. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
COLUMN: Battle that turned tide of Civil War is closer to heart of July 4th Jul 8, 2008
Locke wrote on Jul 7, 2008 12:11 AM:" Gettysburg and Vicksburg: The Books That Opened the DiscourseSteven W. Sears, Gettysburg (Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003, Pp. xiv, 623.)Michael B. Ballard, Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi (Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2004, Pp. xv, 490.)Historians, both academic and non-traditional, have sought out turning points in military conflicts. A turning point represented a threshold, which after... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Harwich in the Civil War sheds light on Sidney Brooks Jul 5, 2008
and Washington, D.C. He saw some of the worst casualties the summer of 1864, as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant became determined to take Richmond, according to Maloney. In his free time from volunteering, Brooks sought out the graves of his fallen students, just as Maloney has done for the exhibition. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Rare patriotic song manuscript discovered Jul 4, 2008
Morgan, whose collection includes artifacts from Abraham Lincoln, Marilyn Monroe, Thomas Jefferson and Ulysses S. Grant, was ecstatic. "It's the biggest high I could get," said Morgan. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Hopewell has a history of ups and downs Jul 4, 2008
What would become Hopewell grew from the village of City Point, where General Ulysses S. Grant stockpiled his men and supplies for the siege of Petersburg. E.I. Dupont of New Jersey bought an 800-acre plot for a dynamite factory and adjacent factory town, Nye explained. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
What makes a patriot? Jul 4, 2008
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were both patriots. Nelson Mandela, Adolph Hitler and Martin Luther King all devoted themselves to country. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
The Fourth of July In the Civil War Jul 3, 2008
General Ulysses S. Grant had achieved a crucial victory in the Western Theater, ending the siege of Vicksburg and forcing the Confederates to retreat. In the Eastern Conference, the great battle of Gettsburg had ended with the Union victorious, having successfully defended home soil from the forces of Robert E. Lee. (Suite101.com)
Finding John Rogers Jul 1, 2008
Some groups tied together thematically, such as the series of The Council of War sculptures depicting Lincoln, Secretary of War Edward Stanton and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant meeting together. In the first version, Stanton's hands are raised but too close to Lincoln's head to clearly see what they're doing. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
COLUMN: Story of the 'Spirit,' a celebration of the common man Jul 1, 2008
Everyone loved it, and President Ulysses S. Grant praised it. The painting traveled to other locations, including the Old South Meeting House in Boston. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Town and country Jun 25, 2008
Over the years, celebrities including Ulysses S. Grant, P.T. Barnum, Richard Nixon, and Bette Davis have stayed here. Remember the old days before Disney World when staying in a clean, affordable motel with a swimming pool was all that. (Boston Globe)
Obama braces for race-based ads Jun 25, 2008
shouldbemayor wrote on Jun 23, 2008 5:29 PM:" If you don't know what a candidate stands for, why don't you just go to their webpage and read their platform in black and white. It's very easy to do, all candidates have them posted. I guess some people would rather just bash them and learn all they need to learn from biased talk radio or the incorrect emails that fly around.As for Hussein, it's a middle name. What difference does that make. He didn't convert and change his name, it was given to... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
The battle for Rutger Street: Rescue Mission buys Swancott Home Jun 18, 2008
But resident Michael Rizzo, who lives across the street from Rutger Park and is a past president of the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica, said he has reservations about the spread of the Rescue Mission s services in the neighborhood where President Ulysses S. Grant once stayed at the Rutger Park home of U.S. Sen. Roscoe Conkling. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
LETTERS: NCT, June 15, 2008 Jun 16, 2008
"I agree, cause everyday they meet, they conspire to take away more, and more of our liberty. Reardon wrote on Jun 15, 2008 12:47 PM:SNERD: I hope you read my reply to you with my solution to the energy problem. I know that the e-editors took at least an eight hour nap yesterday afternoon and last night -- which makes it very difficult to answer you, but I tried to do it in a timely manner, it just did not work.It seldom does. Chris wrote on Jun 15, 2008 1:03 PM:The letter by Alexandra Cloney is... (North County Times)
The Fierce Urgency of Later Jun 16, 2008
Ulysses S. Grant: born in 1822, dead at. Woodrow Wilson: born in 1856, dead at. (Slate)
COLUMN: Paducah, Ky., offers many family activities Jun 15, 2008
The museum s artifacts include furniture once used by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and a quilt made by Mrs. Robert E. Lee. Several businesses have located along the long, narrow brick streets that border the Market House. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Grant and Lee take the stage Jun 10, 2008
Using mostly visitor fee money, park staffers refurbished the original light-map display into a video room with surround sound. They also created a video to introduce visitors to the siege of Petersburg. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
Edging toward the inferno of war Jun 8, 2008
To cite but one example, of Ulysses S. Grant's efforts to protect black freedom during his presidency, McDougall declares, "By golly, he tried." Indeed ... Among his books is "Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity.". (Boston Globe)
Plans set for annual March to Destiny Jun 8, 2008
A Dale Gallon painting of Gen. Robert E. Lees Appomattox Court House surrender to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant will be given to a raffle winner at 2 p.m. Sunday. A reproduction of a. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Illinoisans who made the ballot before Obama Jun 7, 2008
Ulysses S. Grant: An Ohio native, Grant was working in his father s leather-goods store in Galena when the Civil War broke out and returned there after the war. He parlayed fame from his military career to the White House in 1868. (Marion Daily Republican, IL)
Clinton does not seek to serve. Just ask her Jun 7, 2008
Many Republicans wanted William Tecumseh Sherman, the Union's greatest general in the Civil War after Ulysses S. Grant, as their presidential nominee in 1884. But unlike Grant, Sherman had no desire to be president. (Globe and Mail -- International)
HISSING OVER DISSING HISTORY Jun 1, 2008
And we got us a neat tomb thanks to Manhattan resident Ulysses S. Grant. And there was that great explorer Samuel Champlain who I can't remember whatthehell he explored but I know it was great. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Never a dull moment for police PIO May 30, 2008
Barbara Walters Admits Affair with Ulysses S. Grant. Massage Parlor Bust-Mayor Claims Therapeutic Visit-Asks for Do Over. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Re-enactors teach about Civil War at middle school (16) May 29, 2008
But Barry Meadows thinks that Ulysses S. Grant would rather erase the horrors of battles like those fought at Cold Harbor and Shiloh. Stone, Rubin and Meadows were three of the featured re-enactors at Shippensburg Area Middle Schools seventh annual Civil War Day last Thursday. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
We need Grants, Shermans May 25, 2008
Before the war broke out in 1861, the obscure Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman had failed at almost everything they had tried. But after the Union army was nearly wrecked by establishment generals like Ambrose Burnside, Henry Halleck, Joseph Hooker, George McClellan, John Pope and William Rosecrans (who were all wedded to the set style of Napoleonic warfare), President Lincoln turned to his two generals who best understood modern warfare. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Grant will pay for replica uniforms at Five Forks May 22, 2008
Eight days after the battle, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. Elliott Robinson may be reached at 722-5160 or at erobinson@progress-index. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
Authors waging war of words over war May 18, 2008
The battle of Shiloh (April 1862) was re-fought for nearly a half-century, and we still don't know whether Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was drinking before the battle, or why Gen. Lew Wallace took the wrong road and came late to the battle with reinforcements. You can read various versions of who was to blame in the memoirs of Gens. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
The Presidency of William McKinley May 17, 2008
Before his assassination in 1901, William McKinley found a good deal of success in the office of the President, being the first incumbent since Ulysses S. Grant to win re. William McKinley was the last Civil War veteran to be named President of the United States. (Suite101.com)
ESCONDIDO: Value of school's Confederate-Union Ball questioned May 17, 2008
They encourage students to represent both sides, and hang replicas of the Confederate and Union flags, and pictures of both sides' commanding generals ---- Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant ---- to remain unbiased, she said. Still, Atkins and other parents have said recently that they can see how the ball could make some black students and families uncomfortable. (North County Times)
Sesquicentennial festivities under way in Sycamore May 10, 2008
And Ulysses S. Grant was selling firewood on the streets of St. Louis after failing as a farmer. It was a time of economic upheaval and a lot of political change, Nicklas said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Opinion Nuggets: Thanks, taxpayers May 10, 2008
It's been a long time since a dying Ulysses S. Grant worked feverishly into the night, penning an autobiography so his widow would have a means of support. The Clintons, for example, have made $100 million since leaving the White House, politico. (Florida Times-Union)
Treatment of Palestinians May 9, 2008
It's your chance to sound off on various topics. The entry titled "Jimmy Carter: Palestinians treated cruelly," and any of the comments about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Your Opinion May 8, 2008
Other slave owners were presidents James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Polk, James Buchanan, and Andrew Johnson; Ulysses S. Grant had one slave and his wife four. Reference: Negro President (Jefferson and the Slave Power) by Garry Wills, page 236. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
Bills Notebook: Spragan has tryout May 4, 2008
"On Sunday, I was doing a wreath-laying ceremony for Ulysses S. Grant on the anniversary of his death," Viti said. "I took my regimental staff down (to New York City) to honor our general and former president. After that, I came back to West Point to take care of some small things. My family had come up to spend the day with me. The Bills gave me a call late in the seventh round and said they were torn about taking me with the last pick, but if they didn't, they asked me if I'd agree to a free... (BillsReport.com)
Fernandina Beach boasts sand, golf, history, more May 2, 2008
Built in 1857, Florida House has played host to such guests as President Ulysses S. Grant, Cuban martyr Jose Marti, automaker Henry Ford and actress Mary Pickford, as well as members of the Rockefeller and Carnegie families. What made Fernandina Beach such a thriving city was its location at the confluence of the St. Marys and Amelia rivers, both deep enough that early pirates could easily sail into them and find hiding places. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Preserving our state's history MMS students buy land for Civil War trust May 2, 2008
Called the Spicer tract, the total of three acres, which includes the one-sixteenth of an acre the students bought, sits at the southeast quadrant of The Crossroads, the middle line of the battle that ended in defeat for the 22,500 Confederate troops who fell that day to the 32,000 Union soldiers under the command of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. The guns of the Alabama battery were on the spot during the battle. (The Clarion-Ledger)
CONSULTANT AND FORMER Sonoma City Manager Pam... Apr 22, 2008
Prominent generals Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman and Fighting Joe Hooker slept there, as did many other renowned citizens of the time. It's also rumored to have been a brothel. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Governors Island in N.Y. due for makeover Apr 21, 2008
The island's past is studded with famous names: John Peter Zenger, a German who emigrated to New York in 1710, and was quarantined on the island for medical reasons 25 years before he won a libel case that upheld the principle of press freedom; Ulysses S. Grant, whose 1852 Army quarters still stand; the Wright brothers, who flew from its airstrip in 1909; and the Smothers brothers, a music and comedy pair born in a military clinic in the 1930s. A rock on the island's west shore marks where... (Boston Globe)
A town's dilemma Apr 21, 2008
" Like the windows of many homes on Church Street, hers look out onto dozens of oaks, some planted in the 19th century. Those might have been eyeballed by Ulysses S. Grant himself, the Union general who judged this Confederate town "too beautiful to burn. " These trees fringe each side of Church Street, forming a leafy canopy folks call "oak alley. (The Clarion-Ledger)
5 reasons to visit Mobile Apr 19, 2008
The Battle House, which played host over the years to notables from Ulysses S. Grant to Babe Ruth, reopened in May 2007 as a Marriott Renaissance hotel downtown at 26 N. Royal St. Splurge on dinner at the Trellis Room. $179-$199 for a standard room in spring and summer; up to $3,000 for the presidential suite. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Glad You Asked: What are they building on the corner of Highway 20 and Green Bay Road? Apr 19, 2008
He railed against perceived corruption in Ulysses S. Grant s presidential administration and ran against the incumbent in 1872. He was crushed in a Grant landslide. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Shepherding new era Apr 18, 2008
"Ulysses S. Grant stayed here on his way to meet with Sherman in downtown Cincinnati to plan Sherman's march.". The marketing efforts begin this month with a new billboard campaign crafted by the , an Over-the-Rhine shop known for its pun-laden Busken Bakery slogans. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
New operators polish Lebanon's Golden Lamb's luster, mine its rich history Apr 18, 2008
"Ulysses S. Grant stayed here on his way to meet with Sherman in downtown Cincinnati to plan Sherman's march.". This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY.. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Dinwiddie County battlefield gets a new visitor station Apr 15, 2008
In little over a week April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. The vistor station, which is expected to be finished next year, will be key in explaining the complex story of the siege of Petersburg and how that was a catalyst in ending the Civil War. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
NEWSWEEK Cover: Splitsville Apr 14, 2008
(Photo: ) In the April 21 Newsweek cover "Splitsville" (on newsstands Monday, April 14), Senior Editor David J. Jefferson and his classmates from Ulysses S. Grant High School class of '82 tell their sides of growing up in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley as part of "Divorce Generation." In a series of intimate interviews with former classmates, Jefferson examines how divorce changed the lives of the children who lived through the explosion of the myth of the nuclear family, the first for which divorce... (PR Newswire)
Official N.H. snowfall total disputed Apr 12, 2008
The government began keeping track of snowfall in New Hampshire's capital a few years after the Civil War, and the 122-inch record was set in 1873-74, when Ulysses S. Grant was president. Fortier, whose day job is for the state retirement system, gets paid modestly to go into her yard as many as four times a day to measure and call in reports. (Concord Monitor)
The Politics of George Washington Apr 9, 2008
Ulysses S. Grant (President from 1869-1877) was a bit more political than those military men who came before him, but he absolutely demonstrated his military leadership skills once in office, championing radical reconstruction and taking a stand against racist violence in the south. Dwight D. Eisenhower (President from 1953-1961) was elected as a republican in the 1952 election, though until shortly before that - throughout his long and storied military career - it was not certain if he was a... (Suite101.com)
This Day in History Apr 9, 2008
In 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. On this date. (Montana Standard, MT)
Click for Full Story Apr 9, 2008
Today's Highlight in History:On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. On This Date:In 1682, French explorer Robert de La Salle claimed the Mississippi River Basin for France. (KWTX.com, TX)
Horror and humiliationand Chicago Apr 8, 2008
Asia Times Online :: Asian News, Business and Economy. Horror and humiliation and Chicago By Spengler. (Asia Times Online)
Two arrested in Spearfish for counterfeiting Apr 5, 2008
A genuine 50 bill will have a Ulysses S. Grant watermark. Rotert said area businesses are encouraged to scrutinize any 50 bills for authenticity. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Trivia Tidbits: Is this a joke? Mar 28, 2008
Only a few days before the famous Appomattox Court House summit (in 1865) between Union commander General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General-in-chief Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy s cause was dealt a devastating setback. In the Battle of Five Forks, Dinwiddie County, Va. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Coalition calls for new mining laws Mar 27, 2008
A re-enactor portraying President Ulysses S. Grant, who signed the hardrock mining law as part of the federal government's push to settle the West, signed a proclamation calling for mining regulations to be overhauled to reflect modern environmental standards. The 1872 mining statute governs the extraction of uranium, gold and other hardrock minerals on federal lands in the West. (Missoulian, MT)
Fred Thompson heads back to Hollywood Mar 25, 2008
In 2007 television movie "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," for instance, he portrayed President Ulysses S. Grant. Thompson won a seat in the U.S. Senate from Tennessee in 1994 and served until 2003. (Reuters)
Old career for former presidential hopeful Mar 25, 2008
In the 2007 television movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (largely shot in Alberta), he portrayed U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. Recommend this article. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Storyteller gets into the part Mar 25, 2008
She participates in historical Civil War re-enactments, doing "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh," a story of how Ulysses S. Grant gives his drummer boy the courage he needs for the battle of Shiloh. Burbine treasures a note from Barbara Bush thanking her for sharing stories with her family, and a scrapbook filled with memories. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
The bitter legacy of racism is a history we can't ignore Mar 22, 2008
Ulysses S. Grant had been re-elected president in 1872, but in Louisiana the election was very close, and, because there were not enough federal officials to monitor it, quite corrupt. Both sides -- Democrat and Republican -- claimed victory and each sought to confirm it by occupying the Statehouse, country court buildings and municipal offices. (Anchorage Daily News)
Fraud Within Mar 20, 2008
Yesterday, Bill Bushong of the White House Historical Association confirmed that President Ulysses S. Grant, whose two terms in the White House immediately preceded Hayes' presidency, "built a new iron south fence at the end of his first administration.". Once the fence went up, Mr. Bushong says, its gates were opened daily, probably at 10 a.m., for the public to gain access to what is now the South Lawn. (Townhall.com)
Who was St. Patrick? Mar 18, 2008
Charles City Press - News. Check out our special sections at the bottom of the. (Charles City Press, IO)
