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 On a recent morning, several people gathered to see
what had become of the Civil War in correspondence that had survived 140
years by keeping quiet anonymity in a trunk.
In a letter dated Sept. 22, 1863, written from a camp
near Chickamauga, Jacob Eberhardt wrote to his sister, Adeline Deadwyler
in Elberton, and mentioned the death of their brother, Harrison, the
mortal wounds to another brother Isaac, and the wounding of a third,
George.
An excerpt: We are on the battlefield in Georgia
near the line. We have had a most terrific battle & I am
afraid it is not alone... Addie we have lost some of our best men, poor
Harrison is killed and Isaac mortally wounded. I was slightly
wounded on the neck with a shell, but I am with my company for duty.
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