A recent article on The Columbus Dispatch website announced that the Clyde Heritage League has just completed a $50,000 restoration of Gen. James B. McPherson’s childhood home. It is located at Maple Street and McPherson Highway in Clyde, Ohio.

McPherson was born on November 14, 1928 in Clyde, Ohio and was the highest ranking Ohio soldier to die in the American Civil War. He served under Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Shiloh as well as during the Vicksburg campaign and was Grant’s head engineer.

Visitors to the general’s home can see period furniture, photographs, documents, books, his sword, a bust and numerous other items.

The McPherson House has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974.

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Visit the Clyde Heritage League website.