[ComputerGuy]

It was to tell Charlie’s mother that her son had been killed in action and buried up in Virginia.

[DiogenesLamp]

It was to tell Charlie’s mother that her son had been killed in action and buried up in Virginia.

I should have guessed that. There were a lot of such letters written in that era.

The war was a waste of life on both sides. It was avoidable, and the world would have been a better place had a more moral man become President.

[dfwgator]

It was to tell Charlie’s mother that her son had been killed in action and buried up in Virginia.

What a coincidence, Beau Biden was killed there too.