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"An 1862 Christmas painting evokes the loneliness and heartaches brought by the war. As her children dream of Santa Claus, a soldier's wife prays for her husband, seen in a bleak winter encampment, gazing at pictures of his loved ones. The painting's bottom border shows troops slogging through snow, soldier's graves and a ship tossing in a wintry sea.""The Civil War" by Time-Life, Volume 13, "20 Million Yankees", page 111 |