This is not something I've ever attempted, nor do I think I would, but a very good friend of my dad's did it when I was a boy. All of the methods described here were used. There were of course no fax machines, let alone an internet in those days. Not to discourage, but it took "Uncle Lou" over fifteen years to get the job done. He nailed it, though, Pulitzer Prize 40 years ago this year. Nothing to do with the Civil War at all, but no one has dared challenge or "add to" his work since. Stick a fork in it, it's done, if you do it right.
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