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The Letters of Chalmers Ingersoll

By Erika Janik | July 7, 2011

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The Civil War split families. But it also brought people together. Commentator Sarah Covington shares her family’s story of love in the middle of war.

This story commemorates Wisconsin’s role in the Civil War on its 150th anniversary.

Erika Janik

Erika Janik is the co-creator and former executive director of Wisconsin Life. She is the author of six books, including Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction, Apple: A Global History, and Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine. She’s currently the executive...

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