As General Grant faced terminal illness, the one thing that warmed his heart and gave him hope for the future was the outpouring of support he received daily. The support came in the form of letters, telegrams, resolutions printed in newspapers, and occasionally personal visits.
Mementos of a Family's Time Together
Many people look at Grant Cottage as the location where a General, President, and American hero completed his memoirs and died, however, it is also a special place where a family spent their patriarch's precious last days together. On display this season are reminders who a family lived together at the Cottage during the summer of 1885.
The Thin Blue Line
Bedside Angels
The Stalwart Ladies of Grant Cottage
Wilton Bicentennial: The Story of the Mountain
Wilton Bicentennial: Grant Cottage
Volunteering at Grant Cottage
How I Became a Volunteer at Grant Cottage
U.S. Grant and His Volunteers
Grant Cottage Chronicles Spring 2018
Our spring newsletter includes a list of upcoming events, new membership benefits, information about two of the Cottage's caretakers, and more!
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A Lasting Peace Forged at Appomattox
In the spring of 1885 as an ailing Ulysses Grant sat at Drexel Cottage on Mt. McGregor contemplating his legacy, he received many heartwarming letters of support. Though the surrender of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House, VA had occurred 20 years before it was fresh in his mind since he had just written about it for his memoirs.
