150-year-old Envelope With No Address Compels Postmaster To Embark Upon A Life-changing Journey

Interesting!

While analyzing the letters more closely, Kochersperger discovered that one of the letters was written to the brother. It appears that only the notes to Albert, Shephard’s brother, was written by the soldier himself. Although the majority of Civil War soldiers were literate, it’s presumable that many preferred to dictate letters to those with faster, more readable handwriting.