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“Dear Arthur. . .Mother is Sending a Jar of Apple Butter” – Letters from the Civil War

“Dear Arthur. . .Mother is Sending a Jar of Apple Butter” – Letters from the Civil War

Lyman and Ruth Strong sent their thoughts and love (along with the apple butter) to their son, Arthur, on Christmas Day 1862, from Seville, Ohio. Arthur had enlisted in November, 1861, at age 16, one of thousands of young men who would receive letters from […]