Ulysses S. Grant’s West Point Uniform- Featured in Smithsonian...

Ulysses S. Grant’s West Point Uniform- Featured in Smithsonian Civil War

One of the 150 items featured in Smithsonian Civil War is a West Point tunic circa 1839 that belonged to a scrawny 17-year-old plebe by the name of Ulysses Grant.

Smithsonian Civil War is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book featuring 150 entries in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

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