Civil War Era Rainy Days and Family Ties: A Warm Message from 1864 M Gwinn, February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 “but we must plant if raise any corn to sell or eat to sustain life” Pull up a chair, friends, and let me share a real treasure I found in the archives. It is a personal letter written over three days in May of 1864 by a fellow named A…. Continue Reading
Civil War Era Coming Home to the High Ground: A Brotherly Call from 1865 M Gwinn, December 28, 2025December 30, 2025 “yess Laban leave that Horrible mud Hole and go to your farm In Virginia to a Country where corn matures and Wheat does not dround out” Gather ’round, neighbors, because I’ve got something special to show you today. It’s a letter from the summer of 1865, just as the dust… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Summer Sunday in 1864: Isaac Sannan’s News from the Farm M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “my corn is good it is over my head as I plow some is silking” Come on in and sit a spell, neighbors. I’ve found something truly special tucked away in our archives—a handwritten letter from July 1864, written by a man named Isaac Sannan in Gallia County, Ohio. Holding… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Helping Hand in Hard Times: A 1864 Tale from Fayette County M Gwinn, December 27, 2025 “as soon as you receive these few lines please destroy them as we dont know who our friends is these days” Well, hello there, neighbors! Come on in and sit a spell. Today, I’ve got something truly special to show you, pulled straight from the dusty corners of our local… Continue Reading
Civil War Era A Letter from Algiers: Corn, Catfish, and the Longing for Home M Gwinn, December 27, 2025January 7, 2026 “I hope the day is not far distant When the death blow Will bee Struck and that the rebellion Will Sunk to rise no more” Pull up a chair, friends, because I have a real treasure to share with you from our archives. It is a letter written way back… Continue Reading
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