37 Weeks
Week 08 (June 9th - June 15th)
Episode 8 | 1m 45s
Soldiers write letters of love, shared memories, and a wish to be remembered.
It is a muggy day in early June 1864. Union Soldier Gilmer Watts pens a letter to his wife, Clara. Most soldiers on both sides of the conflict are literate: letters of love, shared memories, and a wish to be remembered are their lifeline home. Postal services deliver millions of letters to the troops monthly, but in war, they are not always delivered on time. Gilmer Watts is 25 miles from Atlanta.
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37 Weeks is a local public television program presented by GPB
37 Weeks
Week 08 (June 9th - June 15th)
Episode 8 | 1m 45s
It is a muggy day in early June 1864. Union Soldier Gilmer Watts pens a letter to his wife, Clara. Most soldiers on both sides of the conflict are literate: letters of love, shared memories, and a wish to be remembered are their lifeline home. Postal services deliver millions of letters to the troops monthly, but in war, they are not always delivered on time. Gilmer Watts is 25 miles from Atlanta.
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