(08-26-2019, 05:35 PM)AussieMick Wrote: Someone connected to letter-writing and the Springfield years?
Letter writing and journalistic contributions are correct, but not sure about connection to Lincoln in Springfield, even though of that era.
(08-26-2019, 06:42 PM)Anita Wrote: My husband served in the Navy and says a yeoman is a clerical chief petty officer. Is this a person in the Navy during the Civil War?
Yeoman did travel a bit, but in Europe and the U.S., not in the Navy per se -- but did use ships and boats in parts of his travels.
Hint: Best known for contributions to the land, not water.