General Ulysses S. Grant, who led the Union Armies to victory in the Civil War, and later became the 18th President of the United States, is entombed in the largest mausoleum in North America. Built in Riverside Park, overlooking the Hudson River, the tomb was completed in 1897. Over a million people had attended Grant’s funeral two years earlier. Over the years, as interest in the Civil War declined, Grant was virtually forgotten, and the tomb was allowed to decay. One hundred years after its completion, the national park service spent almost two millions dollars to restore the tomb, and today it is in pristine condition. I photographed the two sculptures placed over the entrance, screened by the barren trees. They flank a tablet bearing four carved words from Grant’s letter accepting the Republican nomination for President in 1868: “Let us have peace.”