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Letters Wanderings Show Civil War Letter Found After 25 Years
The tale centers on Mr. John Schomaker a wagons and harness maker at 4 North Broadway and his father the soldier Schomaker. A Civil War letter to Tim Schomaker from Nashville found its way to Fort Snelling then to Washington and finally back to Port Madison Ohio over decades. The letter remained unread until last September when Mr. Schomaker rediscovered it among old papers. The strange postal odyssey underscores how a single missive traveled through Union lines and distant cities before reuniting with its author weakened by time and memory.
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John Sehomaker
North Broadway
Ransom Howt
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Seehuuraker
Fark Mullion
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Fremont Buly Guard
Dt Louis
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Ashboth
Fremont Wa
Mienters
Sohomaber
Company
Michigan Cavales
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Bherman
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Sheetaker
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Port Malison
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Tennessee
Fetter
Nashvilly
Cly Fins
Sth Tew Cavalry
Chattamooga
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Scheimler
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Pune
Fhe Camys
Sashvilly
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Tenn Company
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Tenn
Minnesota
AL Vaul
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Sherwoun
St. Paul
Sr. Hehenialer
Georgia
Fort Snelling
Washington, D.C
Schumaker
Chattanooga
John IL Schumaker
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Tim
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