Tag Archives: William Underhill

Grant’s Last Battle Redux

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

I’m always excited to have a box of my books show up on my doorstep from the printer. This week, it was the newly printed second edition of Grant’s Last Battle. As a parent, you’re not supposed to have a … Continue reading →

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U.S. Grant Urges Iowans to Approve Suffrage for Black Men

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

The following was passed along by ECW’s friend William Underhill, one of the stalwart keeper’s of Ulysses S. Grant’s flame as a member of the Friends of Grant Cottage, the organization that staffs the site where Grant died in upstate … Continue reading →

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The Bridge Between Lincoln and His Soldiers

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Chris Mackowski

William Underhill, a volunteer with the Friends of Grant Cottage and a curator of all things Ulysses S. Grant on the internet, passed along an interesting piece the other day about a Grant memorial bridge in Washington, D.C.—a bridge that … Continue reading →

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