'A rough country'

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

During the Civil War the stresses of families being separated was often reflected in the letters between husbands and wives. Such stress is reflected in the following letters from Assistant Surgeon A. J. Huntoon of the 5th Kansas volunteer Cavalry Regiment to his wife Lizzie who was back home in New Hampshire. Today the stresses of military separation have been reduced by the use of computers and the "instant" Internet, but they can never be completely eliminated. These letters are part of the Huntoon collection in the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka.

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