This man's Secretary of War, William (*) Belknap, took kickbacks from traders at Fort Sill, and Carl Schurz lead a breakaway faction of members of this man's party.
This man dispatched the USS Alaska to end the Grebo-Liberian War and launched an expedition under John Rodgers to open trade with Korea that ended up firing on Korean forts in the Gangwha (gung-WAH) Affair. Columbus Alexander had evidence taken from a safe in the Washington district attorney's office to discredit testimony during this man's administration, which also saw the suspension of habeas corpus in several South Carolina counties. This man's Secretary of War, William (*) Belknap, took kickbacks from traders at Fort Sill, and Carl Schurz lead a breakaway faction of members of this man's party. His Secretary of State, Hamilton Fish, negotiated the Treaty of Washington to settle the Alabama Claims in 1870. For 10 points, identify this American president who succeeded Andrew Johnson and earned the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" during the Civil War.
This man dispatched the USS Alaska to end the Grebo-Liberian War and launched an expedition under John Rodgers to open trade with Korea that ended up firing on Korean forts in the Gangwha (gung-WAH) Affair.
Ulysses S. Grant