Archive for the Tag 'Clara Barton'

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A Penman’s Legacy

    A young soldier’s good handwriting and better intentions permitted identification of graves of Union soldiers who perished at Andersonville       In 1875  Union veteran Dorance Atwater married a princess and lived happily ever after.  The Connecticut native deserved this fairy tale ending because, like all protagonists of the genre, he first endured misery, losing his health in Confederate prison camps and being unjustly […]