Blog Ulysses S. Grant’s Failed Presidency Below is a footnote-free version of the Preface from my U. S. Grant's Failed Presidency…Philip LeighJune 20, 2022
Blog President Grant is Overrated A recent article in the politically conservative National Review about Ulysses Grant’s presidency by historian…Philip LeighMay 3, 2022
Blog A Sham of Free Government Editor's Note: United States Senator Thomas F. Bayard delivered this speech in January, 1875…Thomas F. BayardOctober 29, 2021
Blog Bad History Masquerading as an Appeal to Peace and Piety: A Response to Allen Guelzo’s “Why We Must Forget the Lost Cause” It is a testimony to the prevalence of anti-Southern sentiment that The Gospel Coalition (TGC),…Tom HerveyMay 24, 2021
Blog No Comparison Between Grant and Lee Over a century and a half has passed since Confederate States General Robert E. Lee…James Ronald KennedyApril 27, 2020
Review Posts Grant a Better General Than Lee? No. A review of Grant and Lee: Victorious American and Vanquished Virginian (Regnery History, 2012) by…Joe WolvertonApril 14, 2020
Blog Reconstruction and Recreation 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of U.S. Grant’s inauguration as President of the United States.…Brion McClanahanApril 8, 2019
Blog Did Ulysses Grant Own and Rent Slaves? Even among the most Grant-partial historians there’s no denying that Ulysses Grant and his wife…Philip LeighFebruary 8, 2019
Blog The Washington Post March of Infamy Yesterday The Washington Post published an Op-Ed by former General Stanley McChrystal in which he boasted of…Philip LeighNovember 29, 2018
Blog Grant Never Faced Stonewall Jackson Grant’s relentless and costly attacks on General Lee in Virginia earned him the title of…Bernard ThuersamDecember 7, 2016
Blog Grant Gets the Votes It is no surprise to Civil War students that Ulysses Grant’s reputation has soared over…Philip LeighApril 18, 2016
Review Posts Violating the Lieber Code: The March From the Sea On April 24, 1863—-just three months after the cruel and retaliatory Emancipation Proclamation--Lincoln issued an…Kirkpatrick SaleApril 8, 2014
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