Posted on 04/26/2015 7:36:09 PM PDT by OK Sun
Living historian Curt Fields describes the life and accomplishments of Ulysses S. Grant. This video is part of the Civil War Trust's In4 video series, which presents short videos on basic Civil War topics.
The Civil War in Four Minutes: Ulysses S. Grant
I visited Grants tomb a few years ago in New York City, it was very bizzare. One security guard reading the paper and there he is Grant next to his wife in the middle both in separate stone coffins/tombs whatever you call them. It was just me and the security guard in the whole place. It was pretty sad I felt, especially being that he’s buried in such a disgustingly leftist city
Interesting
Wow that is an incredible photo, the clarity is unreal. Goes to show how much light played a big part in photos back then. I guess that’s the dedication to the memorial/tomb?
What a very interesting Photo, thank you
Yes....from wiki....
Grant’s Tomb on inauguration day, April 27, 1897
As mediocre an actor as I think Martin Sheen is, that’s a fairly stirring clip.
Yes, heartfelt emotions to be conveyed to the next neo-Confed thread.
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I was a combat engineer (light type—not construction). We’re really quite sane except for our sense of humor.
That said (and politics aside), Sheen is a perfectly competent actor in the right roles. "Da," in which Sheen plays a son who just lost his father, and, "The Way," in which he plays a father who just lost a son, are two of his very best movies and I watch one or both every father's day...they're both exceptional movies.
Grant is one of my favorites. He went from being a clerk in his father’s store to being one of the most famous and popular men in the world, in the span of a few years. He was very talented, but with close to zero ambition.
He did very little campaigning for the presidency, yet won easily. He wrote a short autobiography as he was dying of throat cancer, published by Mark Twain. The book was intended to provide income for his wife after he was gone. Grant was also a small man. His wife estimated that he weighed 135 when he was president.
A park guide in Springfield Illinois informed my group that A. Lincoln’s body was exhumed 17 times due to concerns over security and his monument.
There was something said as well about the skull coming apart from the rest of the skeleton, and mention of at least one serious attempt to steal the remains of our 16th president.
Bringing us back to the question many may not dare to pose: How do we really know that is the general himself buried in Grant’s tomb?
He wrote a short autobiography as he was dying of throat cancer, published by Mark Twain.
Grant's Memoirs (Vol. I & Vol. II) besides being a very compelling story are one of the finest examples a American English writing you will find.
Good vid...thanks for posting. Would have been even better at 8 or maybe 12 minutes, but I suppose they have to target today’s youth with limited attention spans.
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That is very moving. What honorable men.
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