DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit (Agile): War and Peace: Ulysses S. Grant at 200:
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- LCUSG_220916_08.JPG: Visiting the World and Revisiting the Past
After his presidency ended, Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia embarked on a two-year tour around the world (1877-1879), where they were welcomed by heads of state and the public in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Then, in 1884, a Ponzi scheme bankrupted Grant and he was also diagnosed with inoperable tongue cancer. To save his family from ruin, Grant agreed to write his memoirs. He continued writing as his health deteriorated, finishing the manuscripts just days before his death in July 1885. Grant's posthumously published memoirs were a critical and financial success, and have never been out of print.
- LCUSG_220916_10.JPG: Cartoon by "Wasp", Gen. Grant's Travel around the World, April 1879
- LCUSG_220916_13.JPG: Ulysses S. Grant to Edward F. Beale, from Peking, China, June 7, 1879, with observations of China and its potential for international trade.
- LCUSG_220916_16.JPG: Ulysses S. Grant and traveling party in Egypt, ca 1878
- LCUSG_220916_23.JPG: Ulysses S. Grant's draft memoir manuscript page, ca 1885, inserting text about his regret in ordering the disastrous final assault in Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.
- LCUSG_220916_31.JPG: Note from Ulysses S. Grant to Dr. John H. Douglas, June 2, 1885, describing the pages he had just written for his memoir.
"I have been writing up my views of some of our general, and of the characters of Lincoln & Stanton. I do not place Stanton as high as some people do. Mr. Lincoln cannot be extolled to [sic] highly."
- LCUSG_220916_33.JPG: From Captain to Commander-in-Chief
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) began his military career at West Point, served in the Mexican War and at remote army outposts on the West Coast. Missing his wife and children desperately, Grant resigned him commission in 1854 but struggled professionally in civilian life. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Grant returned to the US Army. His wartime military service earned him promotions in rank and battlefield victories; although, they were often won at the cost of high casualties. Grant's national military reputation propelled him into the presidency (1869-1877) during Reconstruction, where he achieved mixed results. An admirable record on civil rights was tarnished by revelations of corruption by members of Grant's administration.
- LCUSG_220916_38.JPG: Ulysses S. Grant to Julia Dent Grant, from Fort Humboldt, California, February 2, 1854.
- LCUSG_220916_41.JPG: Ulysses S. Grant at headquarters, Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1864.
- LCUSG_220916_45.JPG: Ulysses S. Grant to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, May 11, 1864 on Virginia campaign.
- LCUSG_220916_48.JPG: Ulysses S. Grant, first page of manuscript copy, first inaugural address, delivered March 4, 1869.
- LCUSG_220916_52.JPG: Joseph Keppler cartoon of President Grant as acrobat on trapeze, holding on to corruption "rings". Published in Puck, February 4, 1880.
- LCUSG_220916_55.JPG: Anonymous writer to Ulysses S. Grant, March 1, 1875, issuing a death threat should President Grant sign the 1875 Civil Rights Bill, which he did sign into law.
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