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In one common narrative dating to 1929 or earlier, West grabs Grant's horse by the bridle and is dragged 50 feet (15 m). He then recognizes Grant and apologizes, to which Grant says, "Officer, do your duty" or similar. [17] A 150th anniversary book published by the MPD [18] repeats the claim of West having been dragged 50 feet.
Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) was a commanding general during the Civil War and a two-term U.S. president. Born in Ohio near the Ohio River, Grant grew up around horses, possessing a natural affinity which allowed him to ride, train and manage horses from an early age.
In modern bios, as I've said, the horsemanship index entry should have picked this up (and one bio does mention an example of Grant racing in a carriage, but with nothing negative attached to the incident). 19th-c bios, I should say, made a big thing of his humility, respect for the common soldier, that sort of thing, and since the 1866 ...
In Part One of this essay, I looked at why the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant received so little historical respect for so long, and why his record on Reconstruction — the defining issue of his ...
Grant's father Jesse Root Grant was a Whig Party supporter and a fervent abolitionist. [3] Jesse and Hannah Simpson were married on June 24, 1821, and their first child, Hiram Ulysses Grant, was born on April 27, 1822. [4] The name Ulysses was drawn from ballots placed in a hat.
Ulysses's son Frederick Dent Grant assisted the sculptors in the design of Grant's hat and overcoat. The statue of the horse is modeled after General Grant, a gelding descended from a horse owned by Grant. [13] The statue weighs approximately 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) and has a height of slightly over 15 feet (4.6 m).
A man and woman who sold pro-Donald Trump merchandise out of a bus covered with pro-Trump flags and posters are homeless after the vehicle crashed into several street signs and utility poles in ...
At the ceremony, Grant sat in the same chair that George Washington used in the 1789 ceremony. Grant's inaugural address began with a defense of his policy in the south, gave a statement of support for black freedmen, and celebrated the success of reconstruction. [7] He also praised technological advances and spoke against his political enemies ...