In his first and last speech in the Senate, Johnson spoke eloquently in opposition to Grant's military intervention between rival governments in Louisiana, when the gubernatorial election was disputed and Democratic supporters ousted the winning Republican side with armed force in New Orleans.

Grant's first battles during the Civil War were launched from his base at Cairo, Illinois, the strategic point where the Ohio River runs into the Mississippi River and there are easy links to the Tennessee and Culberland rivers.

Grant's first action was to open up a supply line to the Army of the Cumberland trapped in Chattanooga.

Grant's curt response to Johnson in the Stanton matter increased his popularity with the Radical Republicans ; John Weiss Forney, editor of the Washington Daily Chronicle, who had paved the way for previous presidential nominations, took up the effort for Grant's nomination, by first inquiring with Rawlins about Grant's interest in the presidency.

The first two animals to arrive at the park were the Nilgai, an antelope from the plains of North India, and the black and white striped Grant's Zebra, a zebra native to East Africa.

The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5 – 7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

His first step was to journey to the United States and recruit Horace Capron, President Grant's Commissioner of Agriculture.

In 1937, McCarey won his first Academy Award for Directing for The Awful Truth, with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, a screwball comedy that launched Cary Grant's unique screen persona, largely concocted by McCarey ( Grant also copied many of McCarey's mannerisms ).

The fighting at the Wilderness was also the first battle in Grant's Overland Campaign that would ultimately lead to the fall of Richmond and Lee ’ s surrender at Appomattox.

The parish seat of Colfax was named for Grant's first vice president, Schuyler M. Colfax ( pronounced COAL-facks ) of Indiana.

On the first day of the battle, the Confederates struck with the intention of driving the Union defenders away from the river and into the swamps of Owl Creek to the west, hoping to defeat Grant's Army of the Tennessee before the anticipated arrival of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio.

He would eventually become Grant's opening act and recorded his first Grammy-nominated solo album The Michael W. Smith Project ( which he also produced ) in 1983 on the Reunion Records label, a label started by Grant's brother-in-law, Dan Harrell, along with Michael Blanton.

During Grant's first four-year term, Hanna began to involve himself in politics.

In 1958, at a live gig of the D. C .- based Milt Grant's House Party, attempting — at the urging of the local crowd — to work up a cover sound-alike for The Diamonds ' hit, " The Stroll ", they came up with an eleven and one half bar blues titled " Rumble " which they first called " Oddball ".

The film is also notable as one of Cary Grant's first major roles, which boosted his career.

In Grant's Vicksburg Campaign, Logan commanded the 3rd Division of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps, which was the first to enter the city of Vicksburg in 1863, and after its capture, Logan served as its military governor.

It is thought that Windsor was the first mansion Union troops encountered following Grant's crossing of the river in May 1863 in his effort to cut off Vicksburg from the south.

" On Grant's first visit to Richmond after the war, he had tea with Van Lew, and later appointed her postmaster of Richmond.

" When news of Grant's victory — one of the Union's first in the Civil War — was received in Washington, D. C., newspapers remarked ( and President Abraham Lincoln endorsed ) that Ulysses S. Grant's first two initials, " U. S .," stood for " Unconditional Surrender ," which would later become his nickname.

Unbeknownst to Sheridan, he was actually Grant's second choice, after Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, but Grant agreed to a suggestion about Sheridan from Chief of Staff Henry W. Halleck.

Grant's next choice was a man aggressive enough to defeat Early: Philip Sheridan, the cavalry commander of the Army of the Potomac.

Generally, political support for maintaining these troops had dissipated during Grant's second term, and Hayes had little choice but to accept some form of " home rule.

In 1864, his patron Congressman Elihu B. Washburne used Grant's private letters as campaign literature for Lincoln's reelection.

In 1929, Clarence B. Bagley's History of King County, Washington reprinted Grant's version with some additions.

Gen. John B. Floyd, launched a surprise attack against Grant's army, attempting to open an avenue of escape.

Because of Grant's harassment, B. J.

Reform Republicans accomplished the nomination and then election of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, who brought Reconstruction to an end and removed some of the more offensive of Grant's appointments.

Sherman's force of about 100, 000 men was composed of three subordinate armies: the Army of the Tennessee ( Grant's and later Sherman's army of 1862 – 63 ) under Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson ; the Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas ; and the relatively small Army of the Ohio ( composed of only the XXIII Corps ) under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield.

General James B. McPherson placed his Yankee forces on high ground a mile east of Grant's plantation, the area today known as East Atlanta.

Colonel Cyrus B. Comstock from Grant's staff went along to serve as chief engineer.

He sought to replace Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan in the Eastern Theater and criticized Grant's maneuvers in the West.

The fine old mansions of U.S. Grant's old home town of Galena, Ill. are open for inspection ( Sept. 23, 24 ).

In the spring of 1863, Lincoln was optimistic about upcoming campaigns to the point of thinking the end of the war could be near if a string of victories could be put together ; these plans included Hooker's attack on Lee north of Richmond, Rosecrans ' on Chattanooga, Grant's on Vicksburg, and a naval assault on Charleston.

General Ulysses S. Grant's victories at the Battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign impressed Lincoln and made Grant a strong candidate to head the Union Army.

Lincoln arranged for an intermediary to make inquiry into Grant's political intentions, and being assured that he had none, submitted to the Senate Grant's promotion to commander of the Union Army.

The high casualty figures of the Union alarmed the North ; Grant had lost a third of his army, and Lincoln asked what Grant's plans were, to which the general replied, " I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

Lincoln then made an extended visit to Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia.

Grant's move to Petersburg resulted in the obstruction of three railroads between Richmond and the South.

When Grant's spring campaigns turned into bloody stalemates and Union casualties mounted, the lack of military success wore heavily on the President's re-election prospects, and many Republicans across the country feared that Lincoln would be defeated.

Gen. Lloyd Tilghman surrendered the 94 remaining officers and men of his approximately 3, 000-man force which had not been sent to Fort Donelson before U. S. Grant's force could even take up their positions.

Johnston started his army in motion on April 3, 1862, intent on surprising Grant's force as soon as the next day, but they moved slowly due to their inexperience, bad roads and lack of adequate staff planning.

Johnston's army was finally in position within a mile or two of Grant's force, and undetected, by the evening of April 5, 1862.

The President thought his action could drive a wedge between Grant and the Republicans, and dampen Grant's presidential aspirations.

Over Grant's objection, Johnson removed generals Sheridan and Sickles for failing to follow his earlier orders to circumvent the Reconstruction acts.

Johnson notified Congress of War Secretary Stanton's suspension and Grant's interim appointment.

The head of NBC took notice of Grant's performance and called her manager to book her for her own Christmas special.

Grant's desire to widen her audience was frowned upon by the confines of the popular definitions of ministry at the time.

The track " Baby Baby " ( written for Grant's newborn daughter, Millie, whose " six-week-old face was my inspiration ,") became a pop hit ( hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ), and Grant was established as a name in the mainstream music world.

Heart in Motion is Grant's best-selling album, having sold over 5 million copies according to the RIAA.