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<|user|>
I'm curious about how people talked, the types of words they used, during the civil war years.
<|assistant|>
During the Civil War, conversation was dominated by political and military matters, as well as concerns about family and neighbors. People discussed taxation, trade, labor, and land distribution. Political leaders and military officers are known to have frequently exchanged letters, and newspapers often published these correspondences, enabling people to share in the conversations taking place in the nation's halls of power. Common words used in everyday conversation included ‘loyalty’, ‘reunion’, ‘sacrifice’, ‘treason’, and ‘liberty’.