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“Dispatches from Grant” Newsletter

The Newsletter of the Ulysses S. Grant Association's Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University.

A note on numbering:

Volumes 1 through 10 were published from 1963 to 1973.
After a pause, newsletter production resumed in 2013, and volume numbering began at 1.

Newsletters published in and after April 2022 are posted at the Ulysses S. Grant Association website.

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Dispatches from Grant - Spring 2022 - Special Bicentennial Edition

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Notice of retirement for USGA President Frank J. Williams and Executive Director John F. Marszalek
- Anne Marshall named next Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Association
- Rhode Island benefactors continue support at Mississippi State with endowed faculty chair
- Grant Library staff in the History Channel!
- Special exhibits for the Grant Bicentennial
- Details for the USGA/Bicentennial kickoff
- Donate!
Dispatches from Grant - Winter 2017 - Volume 5 Issue 1

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- A Letter from the Executive Director
- The Grand Opening
- Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana
- Frank and Virginia Williams Lecture Series
- The Personal Memoirs of US Grant: Fully Annotated Edition
- USG Bicentennial Commission
- A Book Review of Ron Chernow’s “Grant” by Frank Williams
Dispatches from Grant - Spring 2016 - Volume 4 Issue 2

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Letter from the Executive Director
- Pamplin Park and Richmond Host USGA Annual Meeting By Meg Henderson
- New membership fee structure by John F. Marszalek, Executive Director
- Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library Update By John Marszalek
- USGA To Lead National Grant Bicentennial Observance By John Marszalek
- Recent Publications By USGA Members
- From the Newsletter Archives: Vol.1 Issue 1, October 1963
- Student Update: Bailey Powell By Meg Henderson
- USGA Surveys
- U.S. Grant Timeline 1876
- USG Trivia
Dispatches from Grant - Winter 2016 - Volume 4 Issue 1

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Letter from the Executive Director
- Did Appomattox End the Civil War? by Frank Williams
- Progress on the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library Facility at Mississippi State University
- Events and Announcements
- Grant Library Staff Updates
- U.S. Grant Library Co-Hosts Teachers’ Workshop with Mississippi Museum of Art By Meg Henderson
- Staff Spotlight: Louis Gallo By Meg Henderson
- Campbell to speak at 2016 Marszalek Lecture Series By Meg Henderson
Dispatches from Grant - Fall 2015 - Volume 3 Issue 4

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Letter from the Executive Director
- Announcements
- Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library hosts Voting Rights Symposium at Mississippi State University By Meg Henderson
- “The President’s Face” Exhibit Brings Long-Hidden Views of Grant to the Public By Meg Henderson
- Letter Rediscovered in Grant Archives By Meg Henderson
- Ulysses S. Grant Information Center Website By Marie Kelsey
- 2015 John Y. Simon Day Continues Simon’s Legacy of Grant Scholarship By John F. Marszalek
- DC Church’s Touching Tribute to U.S. Grant By Linda Davenport
- USGA Members Tour Grant Hall, Site of Lincoln Assassination Trial By Eileen Bradner
- Hardscrabble: The House that Grant Built By John Samson
Dispatches from Grant - Spring 2015 - Volume 3 Issue 2

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Letter from the Executive Director
- Following in Grant's footsteps at 2015 annual meeting in Chattanooga by Meg Henderson
- New membership fee structure by John F. Marszalek, Executive Director
- Grant Library expansion to “break ground” Summer 2015 by Meg Henderson
- Grant Library to host symposium on voting rights by Meg Henderson
- My gift to the U.S. Grant Presidential Library by Ulysses Grant Dietz
- Board Member Profile: Mike Devine by Meg Henderson
- Recent Activity at the Grant Presidential Library
- Interview with the author: G.L. Corum's Ulysses Underground by Meg Henderson
Dispatches from Grant - Summer 2015 - Volume 3 Issue 3

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Recent and Upcoming Events/Notices
- Staff Updates
- In Memoriam: Davic Payne
- Grant Library receives NHPRC award for 2015-2016 by Meg Henderson
- Together again: Grant and Twain on stage
- McKinstry Collection donated to Grant Library by Meg Henderson
- Website give Starkville Civil War Arsenal a twenty-first century upgrade by Meg Henderson
- Grant Tannery opens doors to visitors by Lee Schweickart
- General Grant at the Reagan Presidential Library by Edward W. Headington
- Grant and Twain: an odd couple by Tom O'Keefe
- How can you make a gift to the U.S. Grant Presidential Library?
Dispatches from Grant - Winter 2015 - Volume 3 Issue 1

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Letter from the Executive Director
- Did Appomattox End the Civil War? by Frank Williams
- Grant Library Co-hosts Teachers' Workshop by Meg Henderson
- Graduate Student Interns Assist Staff at Grant Library by Bailey Powell
- Board Member Profile: Harold Holzer by Meg Henderson
- Top Ten Ways that Canada Fought the American Civil War by John Boyko
- Galena to Commemorate Sesquicentennial of Surrender at Appomattox in April 2015 (Submitted by Nancy Breed, Executive Director, Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society)
- USGA 2015 Set for Chattanooga by Meg Henderson
Dispatches from Grant - Fall 2014 - Volume 2 Issue 4

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Editing Grant's Memoirsby John F. Marszalek
- Grant in Mississippi by John F. Marszalek
- New Face at the Grant Library by Meg Henderson
- A Ball, a Beard, and a Bulldog by Meg Henderson
- Restoring Grant's Detroit Home by Meg Henderson
- In Brief: News from USGPL
- The Canadian Connection by Keith Cross
- Student Workers at the Grant Library and CPRC by Bailey Powell
- Board Member Profile: Interview with Edna Greene Medford by Meg Henderson
- The Organizations Behind USGA's Publications by John Marszalek
Dispatches from Grant - Spring 2014 - Volume 2 Issue 2

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- USGA Members Gathered in St. Louis for Annual Meeting
- Education and Entertainment at Contraband Camp Symposium
- Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library Hosted Exclusive Documentary Screening
- Presidential Exhibit at Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
- Historian and Editor Hubbell Spoke at Marszalek Lecture
- Board Member Profile: Jim Bultema
- Grant Family Collection Added to Presidential Library
- Scapegoat of Shiloh by Kevin Getchell (book review)
- A Journey to Nineteenth-Century Gettysburg
Dispatches from Grant - Summer 2014 - Volume 2 Issue 3

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Editing Grant at His Library by John F. Marszalek
- Historic Monument's Uncertain Future by John F. Marszalek
- Aboard the American Queen from New Orleans to Memphis by Frank J. Williams, Ulysses S. Grant Association President
- Is the National Park Service Necessary? by Timothy S. Good
- Board Member Profile: Claire Telecki by Meg Henderson
- General Grant in the Far East: April 30-September 3 1879 by Joseph Prezio, M.D., USGA Member
- The Mountain Cottage That Made History by Tim Welch, President, Board of Trustees, Friends of Grant Cottage
- Eicher Gives Large Book Collection to Grant Library by Meg Henderson
- USG III Furniture Donated to Grant Library by John F. Marszalek
Dispatches from Grant - Winter 2014 - Volume 1 Issue 4

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Julia Grant's World Tour Photographs
- Ida Honoré Grant Correspondence
- Ulysses S. Grant Association Honore with Lincoln Forum's 2013 Wendy Allen Award
- From the Grant Library Archives: Frederick Douglass's Hair
- Board Member Profile: Harriet Furst Simon
- History and Genealogy at the Denver Public Library
- Pulitzer Prize winning biographer digs into Grant collection for forthcoming book
- The Meridian Campaign, February 1864
- Welcome New Staff Writer, Bailey Powell
- 2014 USGA Annual Meeting May 2-4
- A Look Ahead
- Updating our Records
Dispatches from Grant - Fall 2013 - Volume 1 Issue 3

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- “Lincoln: The Movie and the Man” Symposium
- Grant Library Welcomes New Staff
- Grant Library Associate Editor On Leave for Fellowship
- Board Member Profile: Frank Williams
- Historical Marker (re)Dedicated
- New play “Grant & Twain” to premiere at Salt Lake Acting Company in February
- Julia Grant World Tour Images Digitized
- he Civil War 150 Years later aboard the Grand American Queen
- Congratulations!
- A Look Ahead
Dispatches from Grant - Spring 2013 - Volume 1 Issue 1

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- A Note From the Director
- Look who's visiting us!
- Meet Our Staff
- Moving on...
- Marszalek Lecture Series
- Upcoming Events
Note: The volume numbering system started over with this issue.
Dispatches from Grant - Summer 2013 - Volume 1 Issue 2

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- 2013 USGA Annual Meeting Held in Georgetown, OH; Board Profile: Ulysses Grant Dietz
- Donors Expand USGPL Collection
- British Writer Visits Grant Presidential Library
- Updates on the USGPL Staff: Publications, New Members, and a Fellowship
- Recent Publication: Grant at Vicksburg: The General and the Siege
- Book Review: The Union Forever: Lincoln, Grant and the Civil War
- A Look Ahead: Upcoming USGA Events
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 2, January 1973

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- William C. Carroll in the Civil War
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 3, April 1973

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant and Absalom H. Markland
- News Notes, publication plans for volume 5 of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 4, July 1973

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Farewell, announcement of termination of the newsletter in its original iteration
- News Notes, receipt of substantial grant funding from the National Historical Publications Commission, Association elections, and publication updates.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 1, October 1972

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant at Shiloh: A letter of William R. Rowley
- News Notes, announcing a conference to be held commemorating the close of the Ulysses S. Grant sesquicentennial year.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 9, Number 2, January 1972

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Another Interview with Frederick Dent Grant, fourth installment
- News Notes, planning notes for commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's birth.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 9, Number 3, April 1972

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant Family Papers, presented to the USGA by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, III's three daughters
- The Grant Sesquicentennial
- John A. Carpenter's Ulysses S. Grant, reviewed by Thomas G. Alexander
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 9, Number 4, July 1972

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- A Most Extraordinary Ordinary Man: Profile of an American Hero, Ulysses S. Grant, by Ralph G. Newman
- News Notes, association elections
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 8, Number 2, January 1971

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- The Early Life of General Grant by his Father, the conclusion of the article begun in the previous issue
- News Notes, announcing the award of merit given to the second volume of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant by the Illinois State Historical Society.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 8, Number 3, April 1971

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Allan Nevins, notice of death
- Grant at Fort Humboldt
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 8, Number 4, July 1971

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- A Conflict of Perceptions: Ulysses S. Grant and the Mormons by Thomas G. Alexander
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 9, Number 1, October 1971

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- General Grant Becomes and Author, by Thomas M. Pitkin
- News Notes, grants received and association elections
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 7, Number 2, January 1970

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant and Lincoln, third in a series covering Frederick Dent Grant's memories of his father, continued from the previous two issues.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 7, Number 3, April 1970

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Eyewitnesses at Fort Henry by Roger D. Bridges
- News Notes, announcing the pending publication of the third volume of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 7, Number 4, July 1970

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- An interview with Frederick Dent Grant about His Father by A. E. Watrous, originally published in McClures Magazine, May 1894
- News Notes, announcing receipt of large grant to the Association by the National Historical Publications Commission and Association elections.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 8, Number 1, October 1970

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant as Remembered by His Father, three articles from the New York Ledger, March 1868
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 2, January 1969

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant's First Newspaper Controversy
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 3, April 1969

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Reminiscences of General Frederick Dent Grant
- News Notes, donation of papers to Southern Illinois University.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 4, July 1969

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Bruce Catton, Grant Takes Command, reviewed by John A. Carpenter
- News notes, a large grant received by the Association from the National Historical Publications Commission.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 7, Number 1, October 1969

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Frederick Dent Grant at Vicksburg, second in the series, continued from the previous issue
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 5, Number 2, January 1968

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Newton C. Farr (1887-1967)
- Grant as a Colonel
- News Notes, grant received by the Association
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 5, Number 3, April 1968

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson on Grant
- News Notes, information on Howard N. Meyer's book, Colonel of the Black Regiment.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 5, Number 4, July 1968

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- When Grant Went A-Courtin', an essay by his wife's sister, Emma Dent Casey
- New Notes, large grant received by the association.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 1, October 1968

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- When Grant Went A-Courtin', an essay by his wife's sister, Emma Dent Casey, the conclusion from the previous issue
- New Notes, the death of Major General Ulysses S. Grant, 3rd in August 1968.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 4, Number 2, January 1967

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant at San Cosme
- News Notes, publication of U. S. Grant Album: A Pictorial Biography of Ulysses S. Grant from Leather Clerk to the White House
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 4, Number 3, April 1967

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant's Early Years
- News Notes, notice of the sale of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant Volume 1
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 4, Number 4, April 1967

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant's Strategy in Virginia by Bruce Catton, a speech delivered at the Washington Civil War Round Table Gold Medal Award Dinner, April 13, 1967
- News notes, Association elections
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 5, Number 1, October 1967

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant in Panama
- News Notes, Chicago Public Library election
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 2, January 1966

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- General Grant and General Prentiss
- News Notes, the Association's award from the United States Civil War Centennial Commission
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 3, April 1966

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- General Grant at the “Carey Vespers”
- News Notes, publications about Grant
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 4, July 1966

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- An Incident of Vicksburg
- Good News in Mattoon
- News Notes, receipt of large donation to the association
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 4, Number 1, October 1966

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Letters From Colonel Grant's Regiment
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 2, January 1965

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- General Grant and James Longstreet, a brief history of their friendship. References for the article are included at the end of the newsletter.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 3, April 1965

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Grant at the Randolph House including an account of Grant's day at Farmville, Virginia
- What His Enemies Said of Grant, the fourth installment that includes Colonel Charles Marshall
- News Notes, the appointment of Bell I. Wiley as Harmsworth Professor in American History at Oxford University for 1965-1966 and other news.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 4, July 1965

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Three Doubtful Grant Letters, why early letters from Grant are difficult to find and details of three letters suspected to be fake
- News Notes, detailing a large grant received by the Association.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 3, Number 1, October 1965

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Adam Badeau on Appomattox, Grant's military secretary
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 2, January 1964

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- William Best Hesseltine's Death
- Grant at Shiloh
- Grant Bibliography
- News Notes, includes news on demolition of Grant Cottage at Long Branch
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 3, April 1964

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Walt Whitman and General Grant--Notes on Whitman's admiration for General Grant
- News Notes, Grant Association's contract with Ohio State University for publication of “The Collected Writings of Ulysses S. Grant”.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 4, July 1964

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- A Letter of Jesse Grant
- What His Enemies Said of Grant, letters and other documentation from Alexander Stephens, General Richard Taylor, General Robert E. Lee, and Albert D. Richardson
- News notes, Association elections information.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 1, October 1964

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- New Headquarters for the Association in Morris Library of Southern Illinois University
- What His Enemies Said of Grant, the second installment including a statement from Colonel John S. Wise
- News Notes, the resolution from the National Historical Publications Commission that the publication of the papers of Ulysses S. Grant are a well-conceived documentary publication.
The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1, October 1963

Ulysses S. Grant Association

In this issue:
- Introduction to the newsletter
- Lincoln Speaks of Grant via Robert J. Breckinridge, a Presbyterian minister of Lexington, Kentucky
- Award to General Grant, 3rd
- Grant in the Whitehouse
- Grant on Golf
- A Name for General Grant