General Ulysses S. Grant

Historical marker location:

1200 Market St, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Memorial is at the intersection of Market Street and Tucker Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Market Street.)

Marker installed: 1888

The famous Dred Scott case, which helped fuel the tensions that led to the Civil War, originated in Missouri. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in the Missouri courts in 1857, but the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled against him.