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

Two unlikely leaders, Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman become the most essential Union commanders in the Civil War.

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

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