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RE: American Civil War Letters - January 17, 1864 - Departures, Death of a Friend, and Salted Pork
Really interesting to think that your great-great-great grandmother letters are now on the blockchain forever 150 years+ later after she wrote them. Also you can read between the lines and you can feel the grip that the catholic church had on everybody at the time.
This was definitely a very religious family. But at a time when people got sick and died within days (seriously, every letter from home mentions at least two deaths!) I guess it made sense to keep your eyes on your eternal reward. It made sense to have a lot of kids, too, since lots of them weren't going to make it.
I love that she gets so worried when her daughter starts talking about the Unitarians.