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CaliforniaPeggy

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1. What a wonderful and powerful letter!

Reply to tulipsandroses (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2019, 08:03 PM

Jul 2019

I'm very glad to have read it, and I thank you for having posted it.

He was a powerfully minded man and he knew what was right and what was wrong.

K&R

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A Letter From a Civil War Soldier To The Owner Of His Daughter [View all] tulipsandroses Jul 2019 OP

What a wonderful and powerful letter! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2019 #1

Fascinating gordianot Jul 2019 #2

I have never seen the power of the Emancipation Proclamation brer cat Jul 2019 #3

Kittie Diggs was unable to read according the 1870 census lostnfound Jul 2019 #4

A real man. I would hope I had his his sand in his situation. marble falls Jul 2019 #5

Thank you for posting this letter. So powerful...... lucca18 Jul 2019 #6

Thanks for this post! iluvtennis Jul 2019 #7

That letter brought them to life! Every history class should teach it! Thanks! Karadeniz Jul 2019 #8

Wonderful story SCantiGOP Jul 2019 #9

Doubly impressive today given that we are keeping children imprisoned for no good reason... Volaris Jul 2019 #10

Wow .. what story friend of m and j Jul 2019 #11