Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort this week as we honor the 200th Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant. This week, on April 27th, marked the bicentennial birthday of Union general and 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant. To celebrate the occasion, we asked David Powell, author of the new SIU Press book The Impulse of Victory: Ulysses S. Grant at Chattanooga, to tell us a bit about Grant’s enduring legacy.