Ulysses S. Grant, on left, the general who won the Civil War, and was twice elected president (1868 and 1872) meets *in the Tanner House library* with President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Imagery of Lincoln and the war was very popular in the...
This article originally appeared in the Aurora Historical Society’s Spring 2015 newsletter. Become a member and receive our newsletters right in your mailbox. In April 1865, two momentous events took place. The first, on April 9, was the surrender of Confederate...
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