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Hace 15 horas · Ulysses S. Grant. Republican. The 1872 United States presidential election was the 22nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1872. Despite a split in the Republican Party, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democratic -endorsed Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley . Grant was unanimously re-nominated ...
Hace 15 horas · Bullshit. Ulysses Grant, in 1876, was not executing any inherent presidential power — certainly not the “recommendation clause power” — when he sent troops not to “Florida and Mississippi” but to Florida, North Carolina, and Louisiana. Instead, Grant was executing powers given to him by Congress in the Enforcement Act of 1871.
Hace 15 horas · Happy Birthday Ulysses S. Grant Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. A hero of the Civil War, he served as America’s 18th president. Read Article; Sent this by a friend? Get daily emails about this day in history. Subscribers receive daily emails about this day in stamp history.
Hace 15 horas · The Battle of the Wilderness was fought May 5-7, 1864 , and marked the first stage of a major Union offensive toward the Confederate capital of Richmond ordered by the newly named Union General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant .
Hace 15 horas · Matthew Shaw is a writer, editor and musician. His writing has appeared in Folio Weekly, Edible Northeast Florida, The Surfer's Journal, and SURFER Magazine, and he's reported on national stories for The New York Times. He was previously editor in chief of the Void Magazine. Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts ...
Hace 15 horas · The race predates the automobile and the airplane, radio and television, Edison’s light bulb and Einstein’s relativity. It is the anchor of American sporting longevity. The dominant news of the day in Kentucky on May 17, 1875, was the death of John C. Breckinridge, a U.S. Congressman turned Confederate Civil War general.
Hace 6 horas · ORANGE COUNTY, Va., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Wilderness Battlefield, site of a pivotal clash that marked a turning point in the Civil War, was named one of the nation's 11 Most Endangered ...
