When: Wednesdays, 11-11:30 a.m. Continues through Aug. 3 2022
Examine reproductions of pre-Civil War and Civil War-era correspondence as we discover what it reveals about the correspondents and how the war affected their personal relationships. Discuss the impacts of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation on each writer as we use primary sources to tell the stories of Illinoisans on the front lines and on the home front. Part of Springfield's 2022 History Comes Alive programming.