At first glance it’s just a list of names. Page after page of names apparently transcribed by the same hand. Soon you realize that each name tells a story. The list in its entirety tells another story.
On August 4, 1862 President Abraham Lincoln issued another call for volunteers between the ages of 18 and 45…
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