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 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 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 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 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