“For Americans during the Civil War, embracing loved ones on paper was a hardship they could only with difficulty overcome. Most of them, no doubt, would have rather not had to resort to it. For us, their efforts created a record of something we rarely get to see: glimmers of the emotional lives of ordinary […]
Posts Tagged ‘civil war letters’
She laid the baby’s hand on scrap of paper….
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged christopher hager, civil war letters, francis poteet, martha poteet, nc civil war, philip gerard, zocalo public square on October 26, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
‘Fat as a pig’ were reassuring words from soldier’s wife
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged christopher hager, civil war letters, daniel revis, nc civil war, sarepta revis, zocalo public square on February 23, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
“Sarepta Revis was a 17-year-old newlywed when her husband left their [Henderson County] North Carolina home to fight in the Confederate States Army. Neither had much schooling, and writing did not come easily to them. Still, they exchanged letters with some regularity, telling each other how they were doing, expressing their love and longing. Once, […]
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