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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We wish to thank Publisher Jack Melton for permitting
by Editor Lawrence E. Babits, which offers a sober caution about the grave consequences to the study of our nation’s histor that the current monuments controversy might engender. This legitimate concern is well worth reading and practicing. Lee & Michele Noyes, Past Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: It was with great wonderment that I read M.G. Subhas’ article “Ulysses S. Grant: Migraine and
Drunkenness – A Reconciliation” in your September issue of Civil
War News. I agree wholeheartedly with the author’s clear and
well-articulated presentation of facts. I wish to point to one ad ditional reference that goes to the heart of the matter. In chap ter 4 of John Eaton’s book Grant
Lincoln and the Freedmen, Eaton recalled being present in Grant’
residence while Julia applied poultices to Ulysses’ head and neck “to relieve the violent sic headache from which he was suf-
ject.” The event took place at the Gayoso House in Memphis during the early months of 1863.
Eaton is a highly credible witness who had uncommon access
by flatly dismissing stories of Grant’s intemperance.
War Horses,” by Craig Barry (CWN Sept. 2020, pp. 18-19):
The Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. 4 “The Cavalry, Chapter 11, “Famous Chargers”
ff). This also has pictures and counts of named horses. Other scattered references to horses and their owners can be found throughout the 10-volume series The Photographic History (New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1911) isn’t just a collect of pictures. Published 50
cluding accounts of lesser-know actions often overlooked in the larger histories. Nancy Marts
Correction – On page 2, August edition of Civil War News, there was an error in the editorial “On monuments and the Silent Majority.”
The last phrase of the fourth paragraph should have read “a
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