Ulysses S. Grant: A Resource Guide

Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, seated at table with books and top hat, facing right. Mathew B. Brady, photographer. [between 1869 and 1877(?)] Prints & Photographs Division. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-21986

American Memory Historical Collections

The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

The Abraham Lincoln Papers contain more than 180 items to, from, or referring to Ulysses S. Grant. To find them, go to the collection’s search page and search in both descriptive information and full text on the exact phrase Ulysses S. Grant (do not put quotation marks around the words).

Among the collection’s Grant-related materials are:

• Abraham Lincoln to Ulysses S. Grant, Monday, July 13, 1863 (Congratulations on capture of Vicksburg).
• Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 21, 1865 (Military appointment for Robert Todd Lincoln).
• Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 31, 1865 (Telegram concerning Hampton Roads Conference).

An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera

The Printed Ephemera collection comprises 28,000 primary source items dating from the seventeenth century to the present and encompasses key events and eras in American history. Search the bibliographic records and the full text option to find items related to Grant including his proclamation announcing the 15th Amendment to the Constitution and campaign literature from the 1868 election.

By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

This collection presents portraits of U.S. presidents and first ladies, including images of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Dent Grant.

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

This collection contains a large selection of congressional material related to Ulysses S. Grant's military career and presidency (1869-77).

• The Congressional Globe contains congressional debate and presidential messages from Grant's first administration (1869-73), including his First, Second, Third, and Fourth Annual Messages to Congress.
• The Congressional Record began publication in 1873 and it is the fourth and final series of publications containing the debates of Congress. The Congressional Record is only available in this collection from 1873 to 1875, and includes Grant's Fifth and Sixth Annual Messages to Congress.
• The United States Statutes at Large contains the full text of all the laws enacted and treaties ratified during Grant's presidency, including the 15th Amendment to the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society

The images in this digital collection are drawn from the New-York Historical Society's rich archival collections that document the Civil War. This collection contains thirteen items related to Ulysses S. Grant.

The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920

This collection documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage through books, pamphlets, government documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and motion picture footage drawn from the collections of the Library of Congress. President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law an Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park in 1872 and the Timber Culture Act in 1873.

"I Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations

This collection contains approximately 400 items relating to presidential inaugurations, including Grant's first inauguration in 1869 and his second inauguration in 1873.

The Nineteenth Century in Print

This collection comprises books and periodicals published in the United States during the nineteenth century, including a book about Grant's 1872 presidential campaign. This collection also presents twenty-three popular periodicals digitized by Cornell University Library and the Preservation Reformatting Division of the Library of Congress. Search the bibliographic records and the full text options to find articles that discuss Grant, including an 1869 article in the Atlantic Monthly.

Performing Arts, Music Collections

Search across all of the performing arts and music collections in American Memory to find sheet music and lyrics related to Ulysses S. Grant.

Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920

This collection of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection includes more than 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, including thirty images related to Grant.

Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865

This collection contains 1,118 photographs from the Civil War, including six images related to Ulysses S. Grant's service.

Words and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents Celebrating the Manuscript Division's First 100 Years

In honor of the Manuscript Division's centennial, its staff selected for online display approximately ninety representative documents from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. The collection contains Ulysses S. Grant's commission as lieutenant general signed by Abraham Lincoln.