First Person Account: Ulysses S. Grant, American Soldier

Grade Range: 2-12
Resource Type(s): Primary Sources, Interactives & Media
Duration: 2 minutes
Date Posted: 6/15/2010

Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States, looks back on his opposition to the Mexican War in his memoirs.

This video is part of the Price of Freedom learning resources package for use with the Conflicting Voices of the Mexican War lesson plan. It was produced to accompany the exhibition The Price of Freedom: Americans at War, by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.


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