Description: Reverse reads: "GRANT MEMORIAL CHURCH Grant Memorial Church of native rubble stone is of a design in keeping with the rugged character in whose memory it was dedicated. It was constructed by the Methodist Episcopal Congregation in Point Pleasant. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project #1 (Writers')" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F12_010_1
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Commemoration; Methodist Episcopal Church.
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Monroe Township (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photographic postcard features a color image of Ulysses Grant's birthplace, located in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The wood cabin, painted white, has two windows on either side of the front door. A tall brick chimney, also white, stands on the cabin's right side. A white fence extends along the front of the cabin, and a stone walkway leads to the front steps. A sign identifying the site is located on the lawn. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The dismantling of the badly deteriorated cabin for relocation occurred in February 1936 at the Columbus Fairgrounds. The cabin was restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as U.S. president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05762
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic preservation; Historic sites; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Photographic postcards; Birthplaces
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Ulysses S. Grant wore this lieutenant general's shoulder mark during the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia on May 5-7, 1864. He was the first three-star general in the United States Army since George Washington. Born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant Ohio, Grant entered West Point in 1839 where a roster mistakenly listed his name as Ulysses Simpson. He was known as Ulysses S. Grant for the rest of his life. Grant served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. After unsuccessful attempts at farming and real estate, Grant moved to Galena, Illinois where he worked in his father's leather shop. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. Grant came to national attention by capturing the Confederate Forts Henry and Donelson, the first major union victories of the war. In spite of a devastating defeat at Shiloh, Grant won major victories at Vicksburg and Chattanooga. In 1864, Grant was made lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. In this position, Grant devised a concerted plan of action for all the Union armies. Although Grant lost to Confederate General Robert E. Lee in battle, other northern armies were successful and weakened the confederacy. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Grant served as president from 1869-1877. Southern reconstruction was one of the major issues of Grant's presidency. He occasionally encouraged the process with the force of federal troops. Although Grant is considered to have been honest himself, he was surrounded by dishonest men, causing his administration to be marred with scandal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1434_1160618_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Military Ohio; American Civil War, 1861-1865; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Military uniforms
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of the nomination of Ulysses S. Grant for 1868 Republican Candidate for President of the United States published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. The 1868 Republican National Convention was held May 20-21 in Chicago, Illinois. Grant was chosen over Andrew Johnson, the incumbent president. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04564
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Elections
Places: Chicago (Illinois)
 

Description: Photograph of the room in the home of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant where he died, in Mount McGregor, New York, ca. 1885. It is said that Grant slept in these two chairs for months prior to his death. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04534
Subjects: Presidents -- Death and burial; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: Mount McGregor (New York)
 

Description: Portrait of Jesse Root and Hannah Simpson Grant, the parents of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04535
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Families
 

Description: Illustration of the surrender of Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862 published in "Civil War in Pictures" by Fletcher Pratt. In February 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant, a native Ohioan, led a Union force that captured Fort Donelson from the Confederacy under Brigadier-General Simon Buckner's command. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. Caption reads: "The surrender of Fort Donalson, February 16, 1862." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04614
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Generals
 

Description: Illustration of an African American soldier insisting that General Grant put out his cigar while near ammunition, published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04579
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; African Americans; Presidents--United States; Soldiers
 

Description: Photograph showing the birthplace of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, 1864. Dr. J.G. Rogers, a family physician, is pictured in front of the cabin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04518
Subjects: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front exterior of the school that Ulysses S. Grant attended as a boy living in Georgetown, Ohio. The view of the one-story structure, located at 508 South Water Street, shows two front entrances and two chimneys at either end Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, in April 1822. In 1823 his parents moved twenty miles east to Georgetown, where his father opened a tannery. Ulysses worked in his father's tannery, and from the ages of about six to thirteen, he attended classes in the little schoolhouse on Water Street. The building, built in 1829, consisted of only one room at that time. The teacher was John White, whom Grant mentioned in his memoirs. Later Grant attended an academy in Maysville, Kentucky, for a year, and then John Rankin's academy at Ripley for a year. His father then succeeded in getting him appointed to West Point where, through a bureaucratic error, his name was listed as Ulysses Simpson Grant. The information written on the back of the original photograph reads: "Caption. Ulysses S. Grant Schoolhouse, Georgetown, Photograph by Gertrude Shockey. This photo must be returned to OHIO WRITERS' PROJECT #8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, Ohio." The old Grant Schoolhouse at Georgetown O. as it looks today, having been erected in 1804 as nameplate verifies. Gen. and Pres. Grant once attended school in this building now [number crossed out] years old, and proudly commemorated to his memory. Photo by Gertrude Shockey Georgetown, O." Note the discrepancy concerning the date of the school's construction as reported in the photocaption. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06455
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; School buildings; Schools--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; United States. Work Progress Administration
Places: Georgetown (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: A view of the cottage that housed the small cabin where Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The exterior cottage protected the cabin while it was on display at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ohio.The exterior of the stone cottage includes a tall chimney, a triangular-shaped roof, and windows with triangular panes of glass. In 1888 the cabin was removed from its original site in Point Pleasant and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterward it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus, where it remained until 1936 when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant. The cabin has been restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. Grant Birthplace is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant, in Clermont County, just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader during the Civil War and the eighteenth president of the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05794
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic sites; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Birthplaces
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Colored broadside depicting Ulysses S. Grant, the Republican candidate for president, and Henry Wilson, the Republican candidate for vice president, during the election of 1872. Text on the poster reads "Our People's Choice and Pride. Peace and Prosperity! Liberty and Equality. Victory in 1872." Both men are being crowned with laurels by a central figure. After his first term as president (1868-1872), the incumbent Grant won the 1872 election easily with fifty-six percent of the popular vote. Wilson had replaced former vice president Schuyler Colfax, a controversial figure involved with the Crédit Mobilier of America scandal during his vice presidency. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS4770
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Presidential campaigns; Political posters; Ohio--Politics and government;
Places: Ohio