a great uproar. we contacted michael beschloss to see if the comments were unprecedented or something else was like this in u.s. history to remember at time like this, talking about what president trump did that upset so many people. in response to query he sent us this letter. he told us about the long history of presidents sending letters and making sympathy phone calls and visiting with families of fallen soldiers and how profoundly that responsibility has affected presidents over the year. but said this handwritten letter from lincoln, what i think is the most eloquent such letter. most eloquent condolence letter that president has sent. this letter is what lincoln wrote when he learned in 1862 about the death of his friend william mccullough fighting in the civil war. wrote this letter to