The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant

The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant:

In the second half of the 19th century, few Americans were better known-and revered-than the man whose face looks out today from the $50 bill. Ulysses S. Grant led Union troops to victory in the American Civil War, then thwarted attempts by President Andrew Johnson to suppress fundamental civil rights of newly freed black Americans. ["]