Dead Letter Office Images: The Civil War’s Lost Sentiments

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Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington

During the Civil War years, hundreds of thousands of soldiers wrote letters home, many containing card-sized photos of themself. By the end of the conflict, thousands of letters and images remained undelivered at the Dead Letter Office in Washington, D.C. For decades after the war, the employees of the Dead Letter Office […]

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