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    RETURN FIRE

    Nov 01, 2022 4 minutes

    TIMID TAYLOR?

    In the Miscellany section of the Autumn 2022 issue, you state that Walter Taylor was “in the room when his commander surrendered to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant”. Taylor was not in the room; he wimped out, claiming that he couldn’t bear the humiliation, thus leaving his beloved commander to bear that humiliation alone. It was Charles Marshall who accompanied Lee to meet with General Grant in Wilmer McLean’s parlor.

    Janet McCabe

    Crofton, Md.

    HEAT AND HUMIDITY

    Just wanted to compliment Jeffrey Harding and his associates on their research for his excellent article “Death By Dew Point” from the Autumn 2022 issue. While exact conditions can never be known for sure, Harding’s data and models demonstrate that

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