Description: Illustrations of scenes from the life of Ulysses S. Grant while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. they are: "The South Barracks," "The Big Leap," "Academy Building," The North Barracks," and "The Mess Hall." 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: AL04557
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; West Point (Military academy)
Places: New York
 

Description: Sketches drawn by Charles Young as part of his West Point portfolio. The scenes and objects contained in this portion of the portfolio are “Sailboat,” “Scene w/ full moon,” “Rosette,” “Exercise X,” “Exercise XI,” “Exercise VII,” “Exercise VI,” “Exercise V,” “Les Marguerites” and “Molly Pitcher’s Carriage” (now preserved in Fort Clinton, West Point, New York). Young graduated from West Point in 1889 and was the third African American to do so. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: African American soldiers; West Point (Military academy); Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: West Point (New York)
 

Description: Sketches drawn by Charles Young as part of his West Point portfolio. Contained in this portion of the portfolio are "Building elevation," “Exercise Nov. 23, 1887,” “Hues,” “Exercise I,” “Exercise II,” “Exercise III,” “Exercise IV,” “Exercise V,” “Dead load exercise” and “Cadet Young exercise." Young graduated from West Point, only the third African American to do so at the time, in 1889. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: African American soldiers; Artists; West Point (Military academy); Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: West Point (New York)
 

Description: Don Carlos Buell was a military officer from Ohio who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. He was born on March 23, 1818, near Marietta, Ohio. After Buell graduated from West Point in 1841, he embarked upon a military career. During the Civil War, he succeeded William T. Sherman as commander of the Department of the Ohio and participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and Perryville. After the war was over, he worked in the iron and coal industry and as a government pension agent. Don Carlos Buell died on November 19, 1898, in Rockport, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04213
Subjects: Generals--United States; West Point (Military academy); Mexican War, 1846-1848; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This carte de visite depicts Ambrose E. Burnside, a military officer who fought in the Mexican War and the Civil War. He was born on May 23, 1824, near Liberty, Indiana. After graduating from West Point in 1847, he served in the Mexican War. As a Union Army general in the Civil War, he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee, but suffered disastrous defeats in the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Crater. Following the war, he served as the governor of Rhode Island from 1866 to 1868, and in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. Burnside died in Bristol, Rhode Island, on September 13, 1881. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04214
Subjects: Generals--United States; West Point (Military academy); Mexican War, 1846-1848; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Rhode Island