U.S. Grant’s Reply to a Letter From the Late Gen. James McPherson’s 87-Year-Old Grandma

News of the death of Union Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, hit those who knew him best hardest. Ulysses S. Grant broke down and wept, newspapers reported. McPherson's grandmother, Lydia Slocum, read the report and wrote a letter to the bereaved general. Here's her letter, and Grant's reply.

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