Season 1, Episode 18-Ulysses Grant and Point Pleasant

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Season 1, Episode 18: Ulysses Grant and Point Pleasant

U.S. Grant, hero of the Civil War and 18th President of the United States, born on the banks of the Ohio River in Point Pleasant, Ohio!

Ulysses was…not great at almost everything he tried…until the Civil War, and from there, leapfrogged into the presidency, and is today ranked towards the bottom of almost any ranking.

Learn about his unique rise (the first president to have visited Panama!) and what happened to his birth cabin!

U.S. Grant Birthplace from Ohio History Connection.

U.S. Grant Birthplace from LibGuides.

U.S. Grant Boyhood Home in Georgetown.

Be sure to listen to Ulysses Grant’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “Ulysses Grant and Galena” on his homes!

Also, be sure to listen to Ulysses Grant’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 3, “Ulysses Grant’s Tomb” on his gravesite!

From my Summer 2015 Visit!

The Ulysses Grant Historic District
U.S. Grant, watching from the window
The Grant Bridge

From my Summer 2020 Visit!

The U.S. Grant birth cabin!
At Grant’s Birthplace!
Birthplace and historic marker
Older marker
Ulysses Grant and information about the birthplace and historic district.

From My July 2022 Visit!

Ulysses Grant birthplace!
Ulysses Grant hanging out!
One of the original artifacts, Jesse’s trunk!
The bedroom where Ulysses was born!
Items of the era.
Ulysses in uniform.
Ulysses Grant artifacts
Love this marker
Wide view of the Grant birthplace room
Ulysses Grant birthplace
The cabin
Waymarkers out front
The Grant Bridge
The Ulysses Grant birthplace
Historical View of Grant’s Birthplace in Point Pleasant.
Grant’s Birthplace as tourist attraction.
Grant Birthplace
From when Grant’s Birth Cabin was exhibited at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus.
Ulysses Grant portrait by Henry Ulke.

Ulysses Grant Birthplace: 1551 State Route 232, Moscow, Ohio.

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Brands, H.W. The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace.

Chernow, Ron. Grant.

Simpson, Brooks D. Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity, 1822-1865.

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