It is 'Our Mothers.'" The men were so affected and ashamed that some took him by the hand and thanked him for displaying courage greater than that required to walk up to the mouth of a cannon.
When Grant was in Houston several years ago, he was given a rousing reception.

Naturally hospitable, and naturally inclined to like a man of Grant's make-up, the Houstonites determined to go beyond any other Southern city in the way of a banquet and other manifestations of their good-will and hospitality.

They made great preparations for the dinner, the committee taking great pains to have the finest wines that could be procured for the table at night.

When the time came to serve the wine, the head-waiter went first to Grant.

Without a word the general quietly turned down all the glasses at his plate.