Description: Stevengraph bookmark with image of General Ulysses S. Grant, ca. 1862-1889. Weaver Thomas Stevens of Coventry created the process that used a mechanically operated jacquard looms to weave intricate, three-dimensional images in silk. The images were actually part of the design, not a painted or dyed picture. He created the first stevengraph bookmarks in 1862. This bookmark features an oval portrait of Ulysses S. Grant wreathed in laurel leaves. Above Grant's picture is an American bald eagle and shield. The caption below Grant's portrait reads: "General U.S. Grant, President of the United States of America." The bookmark includes a tassel. The bookmark's fabric is badly faded, making its original colors hard to determine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05911
Subjects: Bookmarks; Stevengraph pure silk woven pictures; Jacquard weaving; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Stevens, Thomas, 1828-1888
Places: Coventry (England)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of a child that is likely Frederick Dent Grant, the eldest son of Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia Dent Grant, ca. 1862. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04519
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Other--Family History; Children
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Nellie Grant, only daughter of Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia Dent Grant, taken in 1867. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04520
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Other--Family History; Children
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Jesse and Nellie Grant, the youngest son and only daughter of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia Dent Grant, ca. 1862. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04522
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Other--Family History; Children
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Tintype portrait of Jesse Root Grant, father of Civil War general and United States President Ulysses S. Grant, ca. 1856-1873. Jesse Grant operated a tannery in Georgetown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04536
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Other--Family History
Places: Georgetown (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite photograph of Ulysses S. Grant, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Ulysses S Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was named Hiram Ulysses Grant and was called by his middle name. After he joined the army, he was called Ulysses S. Grant. 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: AL04245
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard image of the house at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus which was constructed to protect the log cabin in which Ulysses S. Grant was born, ca. 1908. The small frame cabin in which Grant was born in 1822 was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888. It was placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards, it was moved to Columbus's Goodale Park as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus, where it remained until 1936,. In 1936 the cabin was disassembled and returned to its original location. Image caption reads: HOUSE AT STATE FAIR GROUNDS WHICH PROTECT THE OLD LOG CABIN IN WHICH GEN. U.S. GRANT WAS BORN. COLUMBUS. OHIO. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03854
Subjects: Presidents--Dwellings--Ohio; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Political poster featuring Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, promoting a mass meeting at Greenville, Ohio, September 10, 1868. Grant and Colfax were running as the Republican candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. The poster reads: GRANT & COLFAX GRAND UNION MASS MEETING At GREENVILLE, OHIO ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1868, ON WHICH OCCASION GEN'L B. F. BUTLER, HON. SAM. GALLOWAY, HON. W. LAWRENCE, HON. F. HASSAUREK, HON. WH. H. WEST, AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS WILL ADDRESS THE MEETING. A GRAND DISPLAY OF FIRE WORKS IN THE EVENING. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03869
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Presidents--Election; Ohio--Politics and government
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), ca. 1870. Grant was a U.S. military leader and the eighteenth President of the United States. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. In 1823, his family moved to Georgetown, Ohio. Grant lived there until he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in July 1839. The congressman who appointed Grant submitted his name as Ulysses Simpson Grant rather than Hiram Ulysses Grant. It was because of this mistake that Grant changed his name. Grant graduated from West Point in 1843. He ranked twenty-first in a class of thirty-nine students. His first assignment was in the Southwest. Grant served under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican-American War. He remained in the West following the war. In 1852, after quarreling with a higher-ranking officer, Grant resigned his commission. 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. Grant's first term as president was troubled with corruption. Numerous political leaders, including Grant's vice president, were accused of providing political favors for monetary compensation. Grant remained above the corruption, but much of the U.S. public faulted him for his poor leadership and his inability to control his cabinet. In the South, violence was also increasing between whites and the African American population. The nation seemed no closer to healing its wounds from the Civil War. Grant sought reelection in 1872. He won easily, receiving fifty-six percent of the popular vote. Grant promised to end the violence in the South but did little about it during his second term. A growing number of Republicans began to oppose equality for African Americans and encouraged Grant to withdraw Union troops from the South. An economic depression in 1873 further alienated the public from Grant. More than eighteen thousand businesses closed over the next five years, leaving thousands of workers unemployed. Due to Grant's declining popularity, the Republican Party nominated Rutherford B. Hayes as president, although Grant had desired to seek a third term. Grant also sought the party's candidacy in 1880, but the Republicans selected James Garfield instead. Grant spent his last years in New York, writing his memoirs. When he was elected president, Grant had resigned his commission in the military. In 1885, the United States Congress reappointed Grant as General of the Army. His salary helped him pay rising bills. He died on July 23, 1885, of throat cancer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05764
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Military uniforms; Portraits; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: A truss from the Grant Cabin, then located at the State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio. U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was born in this cabin in Point Pleasant, Ohio. 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. The cabin, in poor condition, was dismantled in February 1936 before relocation. It has been restored with period furniture and opened for public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, 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 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 (Illinois) 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: AL05774
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic preservation; Historic sites Ohio; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Birthplaces
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Moving Grant's Cabin, Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio, 1936. Three unidentified men dressed in work clothes are carrying a section of what appears to be wooden slats. In the background is a truck loaded with what could be other sections from the cabin. U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was born in this cabin in Point Pleasant, Ohio. 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. The cabin, in poor condition, was dismantled and relocated in February 1936. It has been 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. 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 (Illinois) and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05775
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic preservation; Historic sites Ohio; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Birthplaces
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A view of the floor of the Grant Cabin, Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, 1936. This photograph shows the cabin's floor, sub-floor, and beams scattered about. U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was born in this cabin in Point Pleasant, Ohio (Clermont County). 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. Before its relocation the cabin, in poor condition, was dismantled in February 1936. It 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 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 (Illinois) 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 president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05777
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Historic preservation; Historic sites Ohio; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Birthplaces
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)