Can I restore local folders in mail from those stored on icloud?

While trying to free up space on icloud, I disconnected my icloud email from mail on my mac only to find that I had inadvertentty removed the account all together. After re-synching the accounts, I found that I had lost all of my folders within mail on my mac even though they were retained within icloud. Is there any way to get these folders back on my local drive?

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