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A leisurely Look at Michigan’s stories and traditions from yesterday to yesteryear.

“Oh, I do wish this crewel war was over.”

“Oh, I do wish this crewel war was over.”

Mack Ewing penned this sentiment after his brother-in-law, Alvin Hank, was taken prisoner by the Confederate army. This is just one of the many events recounted in the Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing Collection.