Episode #183: Ulysses Grant #8: Commanding General to Commander in Chief (1869-1873)

Ulysses Grant #8: Commanding General to Commander in Chief (1869-1873); Topics covered include: President of the United States, Cabinet, family in the White House, confronts effort to corner the gold market, foreign affairs (Cuba, Santo Domingo, and Britain), Indian relations, Black Codes, Enforcement Acts, aggressive prosecutions in the South, US v. Reese, and US v. Cruikshank

Key people: Elihu Washburne, Alexander Stewart, George Boutwell, John Rawlins, William Sherman, James Longstreet, Horace Porter, Orville Babcock, Fred Grant, Julia Grant, Jay Gould, Jim Fisk, Abel Corbin, Daniel Butterfield, Charles Sumner, Ely Parker, Edward Canby, and Amos Ackerman

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