The address of the Us Grant Center Inc is: 122 1/2 N Main St, Galena, IL 61036-2222
Grant lived in Galena, Illinois. You can still visit his house there.
From 1860 to 1861, Ulysses S. Grant lived with his family in Galena, Illinois. He later moved to Springfield and Cairo in 1861 during the Civil War. In 1865, after the end of the war, he moved back to Galena.
In 1854 Grant left the army and joined his wife and children in Missouri. In 1860, they moved to Galena, Illinois.
Before the outbreak of Civil War he was a Clerk in a leather shop in Galena -Illinois
He was actually living in Washington,DC, I think, but he had a residence in Galena, Illinois.
Galena, Illinois is where Grant lived the year before he took office as President. He was living in Galena when he left to fight in the Civil War. When the war ended he was given a post in Washington. He was given a home in Galena by the grateful citizens there and after he was nominated for President, he moved back there until he left for the White House.
That man was Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States. He was working in his father and brothers harness shop in Galena, Illinois at the outbreak of the US Civil War.
Grant left Galena in June of 1861 when he was appointed a colonel in the Union army.
John Corson Smith has written: 'Personal recollections of General Ulysses S. Grant' 'History of freemasonry in the city of Galena, Illinois' -- subject(s): Freemasons, Freemasons. Galena, Ill
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Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States and a prominent Union general during the Civil War, was a resident of Galena, Illinois, off and on from 1860 to 1881. After the war, he returned to Galena, where he lived with his family and was involved in various business ventures. His time in Galena played a significant role in his life before he rose to national prominence.
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