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War’s Ravages: Union soldiers poke around the ruins of the Henry House in 1862. Captain Dawson lamented in a letter to Elodie the death of the Widow Henry on July 21, 1861. (Library of Congress)
War’s Ravages: Union soldiers poke around the ruins of the Henry House in 1862. Captain Dawson lamented in a letter to Elodie the death of the Widow Henry on July 21, 1861. (Library of Congress)