Between Home and the Front: Civil War Letters of the Walters Family (Lynn Heidelbaugh, Thomas J. Paone - DLM) replica Front left chest - "Gettysburg

Front left chest - "Gettysburg Pennsylvania"

Lincoln adopted the antislavery view that the Constitution made freedom the rule in the United States

Civil War Wood Compass

The epicenter of that deadly day was the small community of Sharpsburg

Lincoln personally comforted the wounded troops who flooded wartime Washington

Between Home and the Front: Civil War Letters of the Walters Family (Lynn Heidelbaugh, Thomas J. Paone - DLM) replica Front left chest - "GettysburgEdited by Lynn Heidelbaugh and Thomas Paone by Smithsonian National Postal Museum The personal letters of Americans during the Civil War preserve first person records of news, people, and emotions that humanize the horrific events of the war and provide unique insights into the conflict's effects on individuals, families, communities, and America. Often, however, only the letters sent home survived, leaving half of the story missing. Between Home and