General Grant in New Jersey

Originally posted on Presidential History Blog:

General Ulysses S. Grant, the most famous man in America after 1865.

General Grant was the most famous person in the country after the Civil War.

All the rich and powerful and famous were anxious to court his favor, and the General usually obliged.

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