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“Somebody’s Darling!” . . . And The War Came Home, Part 3

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Meg Groeling

The Civil War affected all of America. The Irish and German families who had sent their sons alone to a land across the Atlantic seeking a better life, the elite planter parents and siblings who bid goodbye to a cherished … Continue reading →

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