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Ulysses S. Grant Monument

The size and placement of the bronze equestrian statue portraying Ulysses S. Grant is a testament to Grant's relationship to Chicago and the state of Illinois. Though born in Ohio, Grant was a central figure in Illinois' Civil War experience. ...

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Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (White Haven)

Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, met his beloved wife, Julia Dent, at White Haven plantation in 1844. He lived there with his growing family from 1854 to 1859 and ...

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The Hotel and Ulysses S. Grant at Mt. McGregor

 

Mt. McGregor developed as a resort after a road and a small hotel (now Grant Cottage) were built by Duncan McGregor in the 1870s. A group of investors recognized the site’s potential and, in 1882, built a railroad line ...

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Ulysses S. Grant

Lived here

during his last days

June 16 to July 23, 1885

and completed his

personal memoirs.

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Marker is on Mt. McGregor Road, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Ulysses S. Grant Died

“Lest we forget”

At this cottage on July 23rd, 1885

Died

Ulysses S. Grant

General U.S.A. 1866 – 1969

President U.S., 1869 – 1877

“Let us have peace”

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Erected by New York Division

Sons of Veterans

• 1916 •

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National Historic Landmark-Ulysses S. Grant Home

National Historic Landmark- Ulysses Simpson Grant Home

From 1823, when he was brought here as an infant, until he left to enter the U.S. Military Academy in 1839, this was the home of Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885), one of the great ...

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Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

 

“Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war,

and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace,”

General Ulysses S. Grant.

Hiram Ulysses Grant, mistakenly listed as Ulysses Simpson ...

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Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

 

“Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war,

and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace,”

General Ulysses S. Grant.

Hiram Ulysses Grant, mistakenly listed as Ulysses Simpson ...

President Ulysses S. Grant

June 24, 1873

President Ulysses S. Grant was a guest in this house and watched the trotters race over historical track from barn in the rear

Marker is on Main Street (New York Route 207) 0.2 miles from Church Street when traveling ...

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Colonel Ulysses S. Grant

Colonel Ulysses S. Grant

Wrote orders for the

21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry

while camped near this site

July 4, 1861

Placed by:

Springfield Chapter DAR

Springfield Chapter SAR

July 4, 1961

Civil War Centennial

Marker is at the intersection of Old Jacksonville Road (County Route 8) and New Salem Church ...

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