On This Day July 23

Facing severe investment reversals and dying of throat cancer, Ulysses S. Grant completed his memoirs at a cottage on the slopes of Mount McGregor, finishing only days before he died. His memoirs proved a major critical and financial success. Grant died at 8 o'clock in the morning in the Mount McGregor cottage on July 23, 1885, at the age of 63. His death prompted an outpouring of national unity. More than 1.5 million people attended his funeral in New York City.

Grant's funeral train at West Point

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