STARKVILLE, Miss.—Historian and author Fergus M. Bordewich will discuss his new book “Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction” on Tuesday Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. “Klan War” ...

Fergus M. Bordewich’s "KLAN WAR: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction," a stunning account of President Grant’s federal campaign against the Ku Klux Klan from 1865 and onward.

At the time of Ulysses S. Grant's election to the presidency, white supremacists were conducting a reign of terror throughout the South. In outright defiance of the ...

Guy Gugliotta, Grant’s Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2025. 296 pp.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We turn now to “Unconditional Surrender Grant.” Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president - He was named Hiram Ulysses Grant, but when he entered the United ...

Ulysses S. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents—those men who led and won key battles in war. Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the ...

On June 22, 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Act to Establish the Department of Justice into law. On its face, it was a bureaucratic consolidation--an attempt to streamline the legal ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Ulysses S. Grant was an American hero coming out of the ...