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Christmas 1861

 The 1861 Christmas season held few bright spots for Americans on either side of the conflict. By December of 1861, citizens and soldiers, Union and Confederate, faced the sober realities of a divided nation.  Battles at Manassas in Virginia and Wilson’s Creek in Missouri had resulted in more than five thousand dead, wounded, or missing soldiers.  Smaller engagements, […]