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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grant, Ulysses Simpson (search)
was completed shortly before his death, on Mount McGregor, N. Y., July 23, 1885. His remains lie in the Birthplace of General Grant. The Grant medal. magnificent mausoleum in Riverside Park, New York City, that cost $500,000, raised principally by popular subscription. See army; army in the Civil War; disbanding of the Union armies; Lee, Robert Edward. Let us have peace. On the receipt of the official notification of his first nomination for the Presidency, he addressed to General Hawley the following letter, concluding with one of those brief phrases for which this silent man was noted: Washington, D. C., May 29, 1868. To Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, President, National Republican Convention: In formally accepting the nomination of the National Union Republican convention of the 21st of May last, it seems proper that some statement of views, beyond the mere acceptance of the nomination, should be expressed. The proceedings of the convention were marked with wisdom, mod