Donated Civil War-related collection a ‘treasure trove’ for historical society

Aug. 19—WATERTOWN — The World War I veteran, his eyesight clouded due to being gassed in 1918 in the Verdon sector, took a pen decades later, and while looking upon his treasure trove of historical documents, carefully began to print letters to form his words, as if he knew cursive would one day go out of style and future generations may be unable to decipher what he had to say: "I have …