Tag Archives: Adam Badeau

Henry Adams on Adam Badeau and Ulysses S. Grant

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Chris Mackowski

On April 29, 1885, as Ulysses S. Grant was in the last stretch of writing his memoirs—and in the last stages of his terminal throat cancer—a story appeared in one of the New York newspapers that claimed Grant was not … Continue reading →

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Lee’s Last Great Field Victory: A Reassessment of Cold Harbor

Posted on June 3, 2020 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Nathan Provost. On June 3, 1864, Federal soldiers waited anxiously to assault the seven-mile-long Confederate line near Mechanicsville, Virginia. The largest engagement of the battle of Cold Harbor was about to take place. Unbeknownst to them, … Continue reading →

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Wilderness and Ward and Ulysses S. Grant

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

At the end of April 1885, Ulysses S. Grant knew he was dying. In fact, he had almost died earlier that month. Throat cancer ravaged him, and in late March, his condition collapsed so severely that it nearly killed him. … Continue reading →

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