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Title
Moving
Ulysses
S
.
Grant's
Cabin
photograph
Subject
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Historic preservation
Historic sites Ohio
Point Pleasant (Ohio)
Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Birthplaces
Time Period
1930s
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
Moving
Grant's
Cabin
,
Ohio
State
Fairgrounds
,
Columbus
,
Ohio
,
1936
.
Three
unidentified
men
dressed
in
work
clothes
are
carrying
a
section
of what
appears
to be
wooden
slats
. In the
background
is
a
truck
loaded
with what
could
be
other
sections
from the
cabin
.
U.S
.
President
Ulysses
S
.
Grant
(1822-1885)
was
born
in this
cabin
in
Point
Pleasant
,
Ohio
. The
cabin
was
removed
from its
foundation
in
Point
Pleasant
in
1888
and
placed
aboard
a
boat
for
exhibition
in
Cincinnati
.
Afterwards
it
was
moved
to
Goodale
Park
(Columbus
,
Ohio)
as
part
of the
Northwest
Territory
centennial
.
During
the
1890s
the
cabin
was
returned
to the
fairgrounds
in
Columbus
.
It
remained
there
until
1936
,
when
the
Ohio
Historical
Society
,
under
a
legislative
order
,
returned
it
to its
original
site
in
Point
Pleasant
. The
cabin
, in
poor
condition
, was
dismantled
and
relocated
in
February
1936
.
It
has been
restored
with
period
furniture
and
opened
to
public
tours
. The
Grant
Birthplace
memorial
is
located
at
1551
State
Rt
232
, in
Point
Pleasant
(Clermont
County)
,
just
off
of
U.S
.
Route
52
,
about
five
miles
east
of
New
Richmond
.
Grant
was an
American
military
leader
and the
eighteenth
president
of the
United
States
. He
served
in the
Mexican
War
but was
never
happy
with
military
life
and
resigned
his
commission
in
1854
. At the
outbreak
of the
Civil
War
he
organized
a
company
in
Galena
(Illinois)
and
later
accepted
command
of the
21st
Illinois
Regiment
. In
August
1861
,
President
Abraham
Lincoln
appointed
Grant
brigadier
general
of
volunteers
. In
1864
Grant
became
lieutenant
general
commanding
all
the
armies
of the
U.S
. He
served
as
president
from
1869-1877
.
Creator
The Ohio Historical Society (Photographer)
Date of Original
February
1936
Collection
Ohio
Historical
Society
-
Property
Files
Source
P
365
;
Box
7
,
folder
2
Format
Picture
;
Black-and-white
photograph
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL05775.tif
Image Height
2800
Image Width
2800
File Size
14945444 Bytes
Date created
2011-08-05
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