Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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“…it does not seem as though there could be war!”—Village Life in America.

March 5, 2011

The American Civil War,Village Life in America, 1852 - 1872, by Caroline Cowles Richards

March 4, 1861.— President Lincoln was inaugurated to-day.

March 5. — I read the inaugural address aloud to Grandfather this evening. He dwelt with such pathos upon the duty that all, both North and South, owe to the Union, it does not seem as though there could be war!

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