Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 19th Century vintage outdoor California San Francisco arrives in

California San Francisco arrives in fog and cable-car bells — a postcard city of Nob Hill terraces

and veiled figures arranged in the moralizing grammar of late-century lodge culture

when veterans' associations were busy carving granite and ink alike into the long elegy of remembrance

Burns Monument

Each map is set in a solid wood frame with ornate corners for an elegant touch

Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 19th Century vintage outdoor California San Francisco arrives inLieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 19th Century a portrait of the Union's quiet butcher, rendered with the three stars he wore as the first lieutenant general since Washington. The likeness carries the weight of a man who fought by arithmetic, willing to spend what the ledger demanded to end the war. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical