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During the Civil War, soldiers would write home to their loved ones about how the war is going. They would write if they were bored, because they would have nothing better to do. They also wrote if they get homesick, to tell their loved ones how much they miss them. Asking their families for supplies or food was another common reason soldiers wrote home. They would write home and tell their families the "war secrets" or their "gameplan" on how they are going to sneak up on their enemies. These are all the most common reasons why the soldiers of the Civil War wrote love letters home.

Boredom was a major reason why soldiers wrote home to their families. After an intense battle, the troops would go back to camp and have nothing to do so they would take out a quill and parchment paper and write home. They would write about anything, the challenges the war brought to them, the friends they have made, or the deaths they had witnessed.

The soldiers would be homesick, so they would write home to their families. They asked them how everything is going back home and how the land, family, and animals were doing. They mostly asked many questions and seemed very concerned about everything. If they owned a farm, they asked how their crops were doing. They would ask how the kids are doing in school and how the womans house work was going. When they got a letter home they were relieved but still sick of being away from their families.

When soldiers needed more supplies, they would write back home and ask their families to help them out. Most common things that were asked for were food, weapons, clothes, and/or more writing utensils. The families would act on the letters as soon possible. They would send back letters filled with whatever it was the soldier asked for. If the families were poor, they would ask neighbors or communities to help them out with sending back help. Sometimes they would even ask for more help, as in people. The family would set out to find more men willing to fight in the war.

"Secrets, secrets are no fun unless you tell everyone" The military would keep many secrets from the common people, but the soldiers would know everything. They would then write to their families, and "accidentally" spill their secrets. This wasn't a big deal because nothing really ever got out, so the only problem was that all the soldiers were "blabbing" the news.

As you can tell, soldiers wrote home about many different things. They wrote home because they were bored, they were homesick, they were asking for supplies, or they were telling their family military secrets.