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- 1Military Bibles from Gettysburg to Antarctica reveal wartime prayers●From Gettysburg to Antarctica, military Bibles reveal prayers of families who sent loved ones to war
Military Bibles carried by American service members from the Civil War battlefields of Gettysburg to Antarctica are drawing attention for the handwritten prayers and messages left by families who sent loved ones off to war. The artifacts offer a personal window into how families coped with separation and feared loss across generations of American conflicts.