Grant Monument Association

On May 10, 1876, President Grant opened the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, the first world’s fair held in the U.S. The nation, he said, was “rivalling older and more advanced nations in law, medicine, and theology; in science, literature, philosophy and the fine arts.”

Please ask your elected officials to address severe disrepair and safety hazards at Grant's Tomb. Details here: grantstomb.org/an-appeal-to-e…

So moving to read this letter to the dying Ulysses Grant after attending the wonderful @Grantstomb Grant Day dinner last evening at the Union League Club. Truly, our country was fortunate that Lincoln and Grant were our leaders in that time of crisis.

Happy 204th birthday to President U.S. Grant! Here is a special message from President Trump marking this occasion.

Our Grant Day dinner and colloquy is one week from today. If you can join us but have not yet RSVP'd, please let us know by the close of business TOMORROW (Tuesday 4/21) so that we can submit a timely head count! Event link here: grantstomb.org/gma-dinner/

On Mon., April 27, join West Point, the National Park Service, & the Grant Monument Association at Grant's Tomb for the official ceremony commemorating President Grant's 204th birthday. The NPS's official flyer is below. #civilwar #potus18 #generalgrant #USGrant @GrantsTombNPS

#OTD in 1865, Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee meet again. Grant asks if Lee could surrender all the Confederate armies. Lee refuses without first consulting with Jefferson Davis. The events at Appomattox CH constitute the beginning of the end of the #CivilWar. #APX161

The Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia is regarded as the most significant surrender of the #CivilWar, and the Articles of Agreement record is available to view in the holdings of the #NationalArchives. Learn more: archives.gov/milestone-docu… #OnThisDay

#OTD in 1865, Gen Robert E Lee surrenders the Army of Northern VA to Gen Ulysses S Grant at the McLean House. The terms call for the Confederates to surrender weapons (except officers' sidearms), equipment (except horses) and flags, and be paroled to return home #CivilWar #APX161

Today in 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox effectively ending the U.S. Civil War. Grant orders his jubilant men not to cheer. "[They] were now our countrymen," he recalls. "We did not want to exult over their downfall."

#OTD in 1865, 9,000 Confederates attack Federal cavalry west of Appomattox CH to fight their way out of Gen. Ulysses S Grant's trap. The arrival of 25,000 Federal infantry stops the Confederates in their tracks. Gen. Robert E. Lee's army is cornered. #CivilWar #APX161

#OTD in 1865, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant divides his forces to try to corner Gen. Robert E. Lee’s army. Federal cavalry under Gen. George A. Custer capture Confederate supply trains at Appomattox Station and get in front of the Army of Northern VA to the west. #CivilWar #APX161

Please note a change in our Apr. 27 Grant Day event: To accompany Gary Gallagher and Joan Waugh at the colloquy, we are honored to have Col. Jack Jacobs, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and author of If Not Now, When? Please join us. Details here: grantstomb.org/gma-dinner

#OTD in 1865, as Gen. Robert E. Lee gathers his army north of Farmville, Federal attacks are repulsed. Lee receives Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's first letter suggesting surrender. He refuses but asks Grant's terms. The march continues west towards Appomattox Station. #CivilWar #APX161

7 April 1862: General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces defeat the Confederates at the Battle of #Shiloh in Tennessee. The battle resulted in the highest number of #American casualties to date, however, it surpassed by three other Civil War battles. #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/3e2Mnew

On Mon., Apr. 27 from 11:00am-12:30pm, join the National Park Service, the GMA, & the U.S. Military Academy at West Point at a ceremony honoring President Grant on his 204th birthday. Refreshments, presentation, and a book signing will follow the ceremony. bit.ly/4c5XHFB

#OTD in 1865, in the aftermath of the Battle of Sailor's Creek, Gen. Robert E. Lee decries, "has the army dissolved?" Meanwhile, Gen. Philip H. Sheridan sends a message to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant stating, "If the thing is pressed, I think that Lee will surrender." #CivilWar #APX161

#OTD in 1865, the Army of Northern VA (55,000 men) retreats west toward Amelia CH. Meanwhile, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Federals (80,000 men from elements of the armies of the Potomac, the James, and the Shenandoah) pursue, but also look to block Lee's route south #CivilWar #APX161

April 3, 1865: Union forces under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant occupy the former Confederate Capital, Richmond, #Virginia. history.com/this-day-in-hi…

After the union victory at the Battle of Five Forks, U.S. Grant launched an attack on the entire rebel line the next day. Lee could no longer hold the line at Petersburg and had to pull out the Army of Northern Virginia. That meant Richmond, the capital of the confederacy, would have to be evacuated. The confederate government left the city on the evening of April 2, 1865 setting fire to all military materials before they left. Huge fires raged along the James riverfront hundreds of buildings were destroyed in these fires as the confederates pulled out of Richmond. By April 3, the federals had secured the devastated city. The fall of Richmond was a great loss for the men who had defended it. The city had been the great focal point of the confederate war in Virginia for four years. Now Richmond is lost, and as the army retreated, it had a tremendous demoralizing effect on the soldiers. This quote describes the feelings of the rebels as they evacuated Richmond; “It was after sunrise of a bright morning when from the high ground west of the city we turned to take our last look at Richmond for which we had fought so hard. It was a sad, a terrible and solemn sight. I don’t know that any moment in the whole war impressed me more deeply with all its stern realities than this. The whole riverfront seemed to be in flames amid which occasional heavy explosions were heard and the black smoke spreading and hanging over the city seemed to be full of dreadful portents. I rode on with a distinctly heavy heart and with a peculiar sort of feeling of orphanage.”