What former President used the military to save the republic and what occurred exactly?
Found this on President Grant, copied & pasted a few paragraphs -
In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.
As President, Grant presided over the Government much as he had run the Army. Indeed he brought part of his Army staff to the White House.
Although a man of scrupulous honesty, Grant as President accepted handsome presents from admirers. Worse, he allowed himself to be seen with two speculators, Jay Gould and James Fisk. When Grant realized their scheme to corner the market in gold, he authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to sell enough gold to wreck their plans, but the speculation had already wrought havoc with business.
The General’s friends in the Republican Party came to be known proudly as “the Old Guard.”
Grant allowed Radical Reconstruction to run its course in the South, bolstering it at times with military force.
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Found this on President Grant, copied & pasted a few paragraphs -
In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.
As President, Grant presided over the Government much as he had run the Army. Indeed he brought part of his Army staff to the White House.
Although a man of scrupulous honesty, Grant as President accepted handsome presents from admirers. Worse, he allowed himself to be seen with two speculators, Jay Gould and James Fisk. When Grant realized their scheme to corner the market in gold, he authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to sell enough gold to wreck their plans, but the speculation had already wrought havoc with business.
The General’s friends in the Republican Party came to be known proudly as “the Old Guard.”
Grant allowed Radical Reconstruction to run its course in the South, bolstering it at times with military force.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/ulysses-s-grant/#:~:text=In%201865%2C%20as%20commanding%20general,remove%20the%20vestiges%20of%20slavery.
Qposts with “Old Guard” -
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This one stood out to me - https://qalerts.app/?n=1690
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