In her later years, Julia Grant tended to portray her childhood as something out of a dream. And although her real-life marriage to Ulysses S. Grant would deliver all the romance and adventure she ...

"Civil War Wives: The Life and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis and Julia Dent Grant" (Alfred A. Knopf, 384 pages, $27.95), by Carol Berkin. Carol Berkin has found rich ground in the ...

Julia Boggs Dent Grant (January 26, 1862-December 14, 1902) was the wife of President Ulysses S. Grant. As the wife of the president she was First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877. Julia ...

Julia Boggs Dent was born on Jan. 26, 1826 in St. Louis, Missouri to Frederick and Ellen Wrenshall Dent. The Dent family was highly social, which undoubtedly allowed Julia to learn skills that would ...

ST. LOUIS — The White Haven estate was built between 1812 and 1816 and was the childhood home of Julia Dent Grant. Julia recalled fond memories of family bonding at White Haven. Malik visited the ...

When former first lady Julia Grant finished her memoir in 1899, with the help of one Mark Twain, she couldn’t find a publisher for it. “My book, on which I have built so many castles, is by the ...

General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia, circa 1864 or 1865 On this 200th anniversary of the birth of Hiram Ulysses Grant, he is remembered as the 18th president of the United States, commander ...