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Ulysses S Grant

Ulysses S. Grant Program Planned in Ticonderoga

July 28, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Commanding General Grant at the Battle of Cold HarborThe Ticonderoga Historical Society is set to present its first program of the year, “One Man’s Impact: U.S. Grant and Our Memory of the Civil War,” on Friday, July 31st. [Read more…] about Ulysses S. Grant Program Planned in Ticonderoga

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Civil War, Military History, Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga Historical Society, Ulysses S Grant

Ulysses S. Grant’s Final Battles at Mt McGregor

July 24, 2020 by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

Last Photograph of Ulysses Grant in his favorite chairOn July 23, 1885, at 8:08 am, Ulysses S. Grant lost his final battle, dying from cancer of the throat and tongue. He died on Mt. McGregor in Saratoga County, in Drexel’s Cottage (now known as Grant Cottage) where Grant and his family spent the last 5½ weeks.

Grant’s doctors felt it was best he leave New York City for the summer to get away from the oppressive heat and pollution of the city and find a place with cool clean air due to his illness. [Read more…] about Ulysses S. Grant’s Final Battles at Mt McGregor

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Brookside Museum, Mark Twain, Military History, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Roundtable, Ulysses S Grant

Ulysses S. Grant’s Cottage in Saratoga County (Podcast)

July 24, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, former Capital Region television personality Tim Welch discusses Grant Cottage in northern Saratoga County where Ulysses S. Grant died after finishing his memoirs of the Civil War. Welch is president of Friends of Grant Cottage. The historic site has opened for the season. [Read more…] about Ulysses S. Grant’s Cottage in Saratoga County (Podcast)

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Grant Cottage, Military History, Podcasts, Political History, Saratoga County, Ulysses S Grant

Ulysses S. Grant: In Life and Death (Podcast)

April 2, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

capital district civil war round table podcastThis special two-part episode of the Capital District Civil War Round Table features historians Joan Waugh, Daniel T. Davis, Gary Gallagher, Chris Mackowksi, and Paul Kahan talking about the history and memory of Ulysses S. Grant‘s military leadership, his drinking, his presidency, and the Lost Cause interpretations of the Civil War that marred Grant’s reputation. [Read more…] about Ulysses S. Grant: In Life and Death (Podcast)

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Capital District Civil War Round Table, Civil War, Military History, Podcasts, Ulysses S Grant

U.S. Grant Talk Planned for Schoharie Crossing

November 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

President Grant writing his memoirs during his final days Ben Kemp from Grant Cottage State Historic Site is set to speak on the final days the Civil War General and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant on Tuesday, November 5th, at the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site. This will begin the fifth annual Tuesday Talk series to recognize New York State History Month. [Read more…] about U.S. Grant Talk Planned for Schoharie Crossing

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Civil War, Grant's Cottage, Military History, Saratoga County, Schoharie Crossing, Schoharie Crossing SHS, Ulysses S Grant

Grant Cottage Opens For 2019 Season

June 2, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

grants cottageThe Ulysses S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site opened for the 2019 season on Saturday. Guided tours of the cottage are available and new exhibits are on display.

The Visitor Center exhibit, “Grant Becomes a Cancer Patient, 1884 to 1885,” explores the General’s final months from a medical perspective. Using period medical equipment and related artifacts from the Trombley-Prosch collection, the story of Grant’s cancer diagnosis, treatment, and diet in the final weeks of his life on Mount McGregor is interpreted. [Read more…] about Grant Cottage Opens For 2019 Season

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Grant's Cottage, Ulysses S Grant, Wilton

Ulysses S. Grant in New York: Civil War General, President

July 9, 2018 by MJ Hanley-Goff 4 Comments

view from grants cottageThe cottage rests on a quiet and forested hilltop just outside of Saratoga Springs. Visitors need to pass through the barren entrance to a one-time correctional facility, an intimidating experience to say the least. Once through the abandoned guard station, and up the winding rough road, the ground levels out with the neat building on the left.

To the right, a trail to the stunning view of the Adirondacks to the north, the Green Mountains of Vermont to the east, and the Catskills to the south. On a blistering, hot day in July 1885, General and President Ulysses S. Grant was brought by wheelchair to this very spot, cancer was eating away his throat, and he had just completed a 300,000-plus word memoir, and knew death was near. [Read more…] about Ulysses S. Grant in New York: Civil War General, President

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grant's Cottage, Military History, Saratoga Springs, Ulysses S Grant

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