U.S. Grant exhibit recalls Cape Girardeau ties to Civil War leader, president
Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Curt and Lena Fields, as Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, JuliaLocales here and there someti...
September 23, 2022
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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Curt and Lena Fields, as Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, JuliaLocales here and there sometimes highlight ties to historical figures. Sometimes, those ties are ... shall we say ... tenuous. Such is not the case with Cape Girardeau's history with U.S. Grant, Union Army commanding general and later the 18th president of the United States. He not only visited the city but assumed command of military forces in the region during the Civil War.
Rich Lowry