Save Our History: Grant Cottage

Ulysses Grant took an unconventional path to the White House, rising from a leather goods salesman to a general in a matter of months.

Diagnosed with terminal cancer and on the brink on financial ruin, Grant races to finish his memoirs to provide for his family.

General Ulysses S. Grant parlayed his celebrity after the Civil War into a successful bid for the presidency.

Grant's presidency was marred by political scandal, clashes with Native Americans and continued violence throughout the South.