This February, National Archives volunteer Catherine Cusack Wilson made a discovery she’ll never forget: a letter from groundbreaking American poet Walt Whitman to a wounded Civil War soldier. "I'm looking through the file, and I see this letter, and I start reading it," Ms. Wilson, a librarian from Falls Church, told The Washington Post, which first reported on the find on Wednesday. The back of the letter said, "Written by Walt Whitman, a friend." Wilson was part of a volunteer team that was sorting through Civil War widow’s pension files to prepare them for digitization. Recommended:...
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