At the war's end, Grant remained commander of the army, with duties that included enforcement of Reconstruction in the former Confederate states and supervision of Indian wars on the western Plains.
[204] Grant secured a house for his family in Georgetown Heights in 1865, but instructed Elihu Washburne that for political purposes his legal residence remained in Galena, Illinois.
[205]That same year, Grant spoke at
Cooper Union in New York, where the
New York Times reported that "... the entranced and bewildered multitude trembled with extraordinary delight." Further travels that summer took the Grants to
Albany, New York, back to Galena, and throughout Illinois and Ohio, with enthusiastic receptions.
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