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0 pointstrumpdong20d ago0 comments

What happened to words in the American Civil War?

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sandworm10120d ago· 1 in thread

The intersection of a war, a reliable mail service, and generational literacy promoted by protestant faiths. Every tom dick and harry started writing letters.

trumpdongOP20d ago

And then words lost their meanings?

rawgabbit20d ago

I was referring to things like this https://dispatch.richmond.edu/1861/4/13/2/31

https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024738/1861-04-13/ed-1/

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