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Civil War Letters: Written by Mercer County Soldiers

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A common practice during the American Civil War was to print, in hometown newspapers, letters written home by soldiers. This collection of Mercer County, Illinois, letters are a great cross-section of the types of letters that enthralled and encouraged the folks back home.

Sometimes the letters were written directly to the editor, in this case, of the Aledo Weekly Record. The letters were written by soldiers who could barely spell (and the spelling is retained in this book) and also by educa...