Civil War Era A Letter Through the Snow: Cousin Flanagan’s 1864 Dispatch M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “I hope how soon this wicked war will end so what few people the are living could get home” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve got something truly special to share with you today. It is a letter written way back on a snowy April morning in 1864 by… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Heartfelt Hello from 1864: Isaac and Evoline’s News from the Home Front M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 24, 2026 “laban when I get to thinking a bout old tims I cant keep my mind to gether to write as I wish to” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve got something truly special to share with you today. It’s a little window into the past, written on a June… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Heartfelt Greeting from 1864: The Birdill Family Letter M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “I must bring my leter to a close no more but remain your brother until death” Pull up a chair, friends, and let me share a special treasure with you. This is a letter written by a man named Gorge J. Birdill on a warm June evening in 1864. When… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Journey Home to the Hills: A Heartfelt Letter from 1865 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 23, 2026 “We will have one of the Richest little States in the union in afew Year hence” Gather ’round, neighbors, because I have something truly special to share with you today. I was recently looking through our archives and came across a four-page letter written on June 29, 1865, by a… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Neighborly Note from Long Ago: The Tale of the Unpaid Beef M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “I take my pen to rite you A few lines and hope it will bee no offense to you” Pull up a chair and settle in, friends, because I have found a real treasure in the archives today. It is just a small scrap of history, really—a single page of… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Soldier’s Hope for Spring: A Message from 1865 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 19, 2026 “I trust that the tim Will Speadly Com that I Can return and injoy a Citizens life again” Pull up a chair and let me share something truly special with you today. I have got a letter here that has traveled over a hundred and fifty years to find its… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Soldier’s Hope: A Letter from the Day the War Ended M Gwinn, December 27, 2025February 7, 2026 “i think that this wore is dun the rebles has dun all that the can” Gather ’round, neighbors, for I’ve got a real piece of history to show you today. It’s a letter from April 9, 1865, and it feels just as warm as a handshake from an old friend…. Continue Reading
Civil War Era Brush Sheds and Bravery: A Hot Summer Afternoon with Andrew Millburn M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “i will send you som cedar from ala” Pull up a chair, friends, because I have something truly special to share with you today. Nestled in our archives is a humble piece of lined paper, yellowed by time and worn thin along the fold lines where it was once tucked… Continue Reading
Civil War Era Voices from the Post: A Heartfelt Letter from 1865 Jackson County M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 9, 2026 “I hop when thes few lines comes to hand that tha may find you in good helth” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve got something special to share with you today. Nestled in our collection is a humble two-page letter, written by a man named George D. Birdit on… Continue Reading
Civil War Era Ice Water, Butter, and a Bit of Home: A Soldier’s Story from Louisville M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “it is a hard matter to give up the negro but it has got to bee did the negro has got to have his freedom after the thing has gon this far” Pull up a chair and let me share a little treasure with you today. I am holding a… Continue Reading