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What happened to words in the American Civil War?

• sandworm101 5mo ago
  The intersection of a war, a reliable mail service, and generational literacy promoted by protestant faiths. Every tom dick and harry started writing letters.
  • trumpdong 5mo ago
    And then words lost their meanings?
• rawgabbit 5mo ago
  I was referring to things like this https://dispatch.richmond.edu/1861/4/13/2/31 https://dispatch.richmond.edu/1861/4/13/2/31 https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024738/1861-04-13/ed-1/ https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024738/1861-04-13/ed-1/