Download the free version of Real Player.

To download copies of these videos, please go to http://dig.lib.niu.edu/teachers/download.html

These videos were made possible through a generous grant from the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation.

The following videos feature John Y. Simon, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Association:

• Ulysses S. Grant's Early Years
• Ulysses S. Grant's First Command
• The Defense of Cairo
• Grant Seizes Paducah
• The Campaign for Forts Henry and Donelson, Part I
• The Campaign for Forts Henry and Donelson, Part II
• The Battle of Shiloh, Part I
• The Battle of Shiloh, Part II
• The Campaign of Vicksburg
• The Deployment of Illinois Troops