Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire (Picone/WH) costume These cartographic originals bore down

These cartographic originals bore down to the regimental and battery level

the veil has been lifted

and answers the questions of why Vicksburg fell and what were the ultimate consequences of Grant’s victory

While Federal troops struggled to keep order and sustain a fragile peace

cemeteries

Ulysses’s Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant’s World Tour at the Dawn of American Empire (Picone/WH) costume These cartographic originals bore downby Louis L. Picone Chronicles Ulysses S. Grants transformative three year world tour, revealing his travels, encounters, and enduring legacy. In May 1877, Ulysses S. Grant, newly departed from two terms in the White House, embarked on an extraordinary three year journey that defined a pivotal moment in the Gilded Age. Driven by a lifelong passion for travel and unburdened by a fixed itinerary, Grant set out to explore the world, his wanderlust