Civil War Era Leaving the Mud Behind: A Brother’s Long Journey Home M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 I have had a notion of going home Since Richmond has bin taken but whether I go or not I will Say Amen to the fall of that Rebel Hole. Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve got a real treasure to share with you today. It’s a letter written… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Journey Back Home: A Brother’s Letter from 1865 M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “Labem the war is over and We are looking with Strait forward Eyes Toward Va we are thinking of Getting Back On our own dung hill once more.” Come on in and sit a spell, neighbors. I’ve got something special to show you from the archives today. It’s a letter… Continue Reading
History A Neighborly Hand in Old Fayette County M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 17, 2026 “Labin Gwinn has Settled that debt with me & has no right to be pushed on that debt Given under my hand” Hey there, neighbors! Pull up a chair, because I’ve found a real treasure in the archives today that’s as warm as a woodstove on a November morning. Back… Continue Reading
History A New Year’s Greeting from 1866: News, Crops, and a Lost Pocketbook M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “I found oald Stevn Harmons pocket Book laying in the Road a few dayes a go containing 1.76 cts he felt beter when he got it.” Gather ’round, friends, because I’ve got something special to show you from the back of the filing cabinet. It’s a letter from December 31,… Continue Reading
History A Heartfelt Greeting from 1866: A Letter to the Gwinns M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “we very much lament the loss of Mr James Millburn as he was a truely honest man in worldly dealings and without controversy one of the best neighbors where he lived but is no more with us in this life” There is something truly special about holding a letter from… Continue Reading
History A Cold Sunday and a Warm Welcome Home M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “The war is over thank god and peace rains in Our land the soldiers have got hom and returned to thair diferant accupations of life.” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve got something special to show you today. It’s a letter dated January 6, 1867, written by a man… Continue Reading
History A Bitter Wind from Kanawha: A Brother’s 1870 Letter M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 I am sorrow to know that I have any relative in this world who thinks as you do. Pull up a chair and gather round, because today I’ve pulled something truly remarkable—and a bit heartbreaking—from our old files. It’s a letter dated October 29, 1870, sent from right here in… Continue Reading
History A Christmas Eve Tussle in Fayette County M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “He has imployed Caperton & Patton and we must be ready to give him the best we have gat in the Shop.” Well now, come on in and sit a spell. I’ve found something special for us to look at today—a little slice of life from just two days before… Continue Reading
History A Little Piece of Home from 1873: J.H. Gwinup’s Snowy News M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “Winter has Commenced too Soon for the Farmers as there is but little Corn Cribed Yet” Gather ’round, friends, because I’ve found something truly special tucked away in our archives. It’s a letter written way back on November 16, 1873, by a fellow named J.H. Gwinup. Holding it in your… Continue Reading
History A Trunk of Tales and a Date at the Greenbrier Court M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “I wont that trunk of paper that is there if you can send them to me I wold be mutch obliged” Pull up a chair, friends, because I’ve got something special to show you today. Nestled in our archives is a letter from May 15, 1874, sent from the beautiful… Continue Reading