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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The last surviving great-grandson of Ulysses S. Grant has died in a southwest Missouri home brimming with artifacts from the nation's 18th president and commander of the Union forces in the Civil War.  Ulysses S. Grant VI says his grandfather Ulysses S. Grant V died Wednesday at age 90 at his home near the town of Battlefield, named for its proximity to a Civil War clash.

Many American students, products of our current educational system, will read this story and probably ask, "What Civil War?"

March 8, 2011