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Dear Alex, Oh,,how I am terribly missing you! Everyone here is doing well, but war is making us all weary. I cannot even think about what it is doing to you. My mother and Daddy Will do not act the same towards each other. It seems as though they are growing apart. She claims he has changed, and is not active in helping our soldiers in the war as he once did. One morning, I awoke to find Momma, Maum Hannah, and Maria baking delicious pies and breads to give to the soldiers if they ever pass our way. McLean walked in after me and was angry. He scolded her, saying that if we give food to them, they will come back for more and never stop. After their argument, she went up to her room and did not come out of her room for the rest of the day. Willie is fascinated by the war. I would not be surprised to one day find him running away to watch the future battles himself,, or enlist. Lula is scared of hearing the bombs go off when we eat supper, and Maria is annoying me with all her whining and complaining about Michah,,her betrothed. I am so grateful that the Confederates and Yankees surrendered to each other. Now my family can go back to the way things were before the war. Everyone is so excited, except Willie. He thinks the war is fascinating, when he really doesn’t know the pain and grief it causes. Even McLean and Momma are started to become happy again. She knows he is trying his hardest to be his old self again. After General Robert E. Lee and Grant signed the surrender documents to signify the end of the war and a truce, all these Yankee and Confederate soldiers took our furniture, saying they were pieces of history. Now my living room is completely stripped bare. One soldier even had the nerve to take Lula’s doll for his own child, and she couldn’t get it back. I do not even understand why we had the war. TALK ABOUT WHY THEY HAVE WAR IN THE BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all, especially Willie, cannot wait for your return home! We want to hear of all the stories you have about the war, and be in your presence, which we have all grown to love and cherish. Take care and keep out of harms way. Your Very Good Friend, Oscie