Good morning.........I have just purchased and am reading the most amazing book. Some of you may already be aware of "WAR LETTERS" edited by Andrew Carroll. This book began in ernest after a 'Dear Abby' column requesting that anyone willing to share their letters from service men and women be sent to Mr. Carroll for his compilation project. He received over 50,000 letters that Americans had been saving from, having received them from friends or loved ones from the time of the Civil War through Bosnia, today. Some were copies and others were original. The letters were written by the everyday citizen, both men and women, who served in all our wars. They wrote about life and conditions as they served our country. There is an index in the back, with the names, of those letters he accepted for publication. Although I've not found an ancestor among those listed.....you might. I have no connection to the author....I just found the book and intend to give it to my nephew, a history major, as he graduates from college next week. Sharyn