Civil+War+Letters

sbug232 ruby group April 28, 2008

//Letters between Alex and Oscie//

My dear Alex, The truth is, I hated leaving my home in Yorkshire. The only reason I was able to be so strong was because of you. I knew that you you were against secession and you thought that we didn't have enough people, money, or manufacturing to win the war. But you are fighting anyway. So I pondered if you could do that, I could do what I had to. But now with us having to say goodbye and me making a brassbound jackass out myself in front of you, it is not so easy to stay strong. I miss you in a bad way and I feel a dull ache inside of me. We are living safely in Charlottesville, but it is temporary. Daddy Will has found us a home in Appomattox.