In lieu of a courtmartial, Buchanan gave Grant an ultimatum to sign a drafted resignation letter.

Grant gave generous terms ; Confederate troops surrendered their weapons and were allowed to return to their homes, with their mounts, on the condition that they would not take up arms against the United States.

Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875, that gave rights for African Americans to attend public events, to eat in public places, and to stay overnight in public hotels.

Although Seymour gave Grant a good race for the popular vote, he was buried in the electoral college.

Dunbar High School music teacher Henry Lee Grant gave him private lessons in harmony.

Sherman offered Grant an example from his own life, " Before the battle of Shiloh, I was cast down by a mere newspaper assertion of ' crazy ', but that single battle gave me new life, and I'm now in high feather.

Grant subsequently gave in his evidence before the Committee on the Conduct of the War:

Another bull, Dudum siquidem, entitled Extension of the Apostolic Grant and Donation of the Indies and dated, gave all mainlands and islands, " at one time or even yet belonged to India " to Spain, even if east of the line.

The next significant event was the Mexican Land Grant through which on September 28, 1835 Governor Albino Pérez, the governor of the New Mexico Territory, gave land title for over 800, 000 acres ( 3, 200 km² ) to some 25 families.

When asked if she knew who raped her, Crow gave them the name of Grant Richardson, an African American who lived near the Braehead Slope Mine Camp, northeast of Centreville.

Grant later wrote that this incident gave him a more favorable opinion of Meade than the great victory at Gettysburg.

Meade was additionally frustrated by the manner in which Grant sometimes gave preferable treatment to subordinates that he brought with him from the Western Theater.

Although Grant was not directly involved in the scandal, his personal association with Gould and Fisk gave clout to their attempt to manipulate the gold market.

Grant gave Spare the title of " Zos vel Thanatos ", meaning " Zos or Death ", something typical of Grant's " dark sensibility.

Grant was also concerned about the situation in neighboring Mexico, where 40, 000 French soldiers were propping up the puppet regime of Austrian Archduke Maximilian, and gave Sheridan permission for a large Texas occupation force.

Maxwell sold the ranch to the Maxwell Land Grant and Railroad Company, which gave up and handed it on to a Dutch development company, which decided to parcel it out to ranchers.

Thoroton frequently acted as the go-between for Richard Oswald and James Grant, particularly after those two gave up their Nova Scotia Grants to focus on East Florida, where a drumbeat of steady speculation ( particularly from Dr. Andrew Turnbull and Dr. William Stork ) had fanned the flames of interest in London.

On 22 November 2011, Coogan, along with Hugh Grant, gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry on phone hacking, favouring regulation of the press.

Grant gave the name " Governor King's Bay " to the body of water between Cape Otway and Wilson's Promontory, but did not venture in and discover Port Phillip.

Yary gave credit for his Hall of Fame induction to his former coaches, John Ashton ( high school ) John McKay ( college ) and Bud Grant ( professional ).

The wound was considered mortal by the division's surgeon, who predicted he would perish ; Chamberlain's incorrectly recorded death in battle was reported in the Maine newspapers, and Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gave Chamberlain a battlefield promotion to the rank of brigadier general after receiving an urgent recommendation on June 19 from corps commander Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren: " He has been recommended for promotion for gallant and efficient conduct on previous occasion and yesterday led his brigade against the enemy under most destructive fire.

With the passage of Public Law 83-544 in 1954, Congress gave Grant PUD the right to proceed.

In April, 1869 Fish gave Grant ’ s private secretary Orville Babcock “ special agent ” status to search the island.

President Grant gave Fish full powers to control negotiations at the détente meeting between the five countries.

Grant resigned ; the War Department stated on his record, " Nothing stands against his good name.

On January 14, 1868, Johnson launched a media campaign in an attempt to discredit Grant over giving the War Department to Stanton, stating Grant had been deceptive in the matter.

The Department of Justice was created during the Grant administration in an effort to centralize under the Attorney General the hiring of lawyers to represent federal agencies.

President Grant effectively enforced the Civil Rights of Southern freedmen through the use of Justice Department in coordination with the U. S. Military and the Department of War.

Grant did not consult with his Cabinet over the issue, and by-passed State Department procedures.

Robert C. Schenck, U. S. Ambassador to Britain, was involved with the Emma Silver Mine scandal, however, this embarrassment was not directly associated with President Grant or the State Department.

President Ulysses S. Grant supported Radical Reconstruction, using both the U. S. Justice Department and the U. S. military to suppress white insurgency and support Republican reconstructed states.

In 1967 Rutgers Physics Department had a Centers of Excellence Grant from the NSF which allowed the Physics Department to hire several faculty each year and become a more prominent Institution.

In 1992, the historic district was surveyed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources as a component of the Grant County inventory of historic sites and structures.

Built in 2006 as part of Community Development Grant funded through the Kansas Department of Commerce, the facility plays host to a number of community events, including weddings, county fair exhibits, and community luncheons.

Project funds were provided by an LSCA Grant through the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, the Harlan County Library District and gifts.

In early March, Union Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, then commander of the Department of the Missouri, responded by ordering Grant to advance his Army of West Tennessee ( soon to be known by its more famous name, the Army of the Tennessee ) on an invasion up the Tennessee River.

The victor at Shiloh, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, came under severe criticism for the bloody battle and his superior, Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, reorganized his Department of the Mississippi to ease Grant out of direct field command.

* Fyffe, L. R., Grant, R. H., and McHone, J. G., 2011, Bedrock geology of Grand Manan Island ( parts of NTS 21 B / 1O and B / 15 ): New Brunswick, Department of Natural Resources: Lands, Minerals, and Petroleum Division, Plate 2011-14 ( map scale 1: 50, 000 ).

All of these choices were rejected by either Grant or the War Department and, over the objection of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who believed him to be too young for such a high post, Sheridan took command in both roles at Harpers Ferry on August 7, 1864.

In August 1867, Grant appointed Sheridan to head the Department of the Missouri and pacify the Plains.

His appointment by Grant in November 1870 was well timed ; having had the strong enforcement powers of the newly created U. S. Department of Justice and the assistance of the newly created office of the U. S. Solicitor General.

In July and November 1869, under authority of the President Grant and permission by the State Department on the second trip, Orville Babcock, private secretary to President Grant, secretly negotiated a treaty with President Buenaventura Báez, President of the Dominican Republic.

The Community Development Block Grant ( CDBG ), one of the longest-running programs of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, funds local community development activities such as affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development.