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A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...
A previously unknown and unpublished Civil War-era letter from President Abraham Lincoln has been acquired by the Raab Collection — and is being sold for $85,000. Here are details.
The book 'Letters to Lizzie: The Story of Sixteen Men in the Civil War and the Woman Who Connected Them All' chronicles the daily lives of soldiers.
After one ROADSHOW guest named Chris got his Civil War letters appraised at the May 2022 Nashville ROADSHOW event, appraiser Tim Prince helped Chris find a permanent home for the letters in the ...
A recently discovered letter written by President Abraham Lincoln that offers a glimpse into his thinking during the early part of the Civil War sold this week in Pennsylvania for $85,000 ...
1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Ken Spurgeon, assistant professor of history at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, talks about letters between Civil War soldier Christian Isely and his ...
Picerno, who knows as much about Nye as anyone ever has, said the man’s experiences in the war are detailed in 1,800 letters he wrote to his wife Charlotte back in Lewiston.
ISLIP, N.Y.-- Scores of handwritten letters from a Civil War soldier to his wife have been donated to the Islip Historical Society by a family that traces its roots to the Long Island town.
The Civil War is alive and so is Samuel Stratton in a series of letters purchased for 25 cents at a garage sale that were written by a young union soldier to his family during combat. Laurie ...
A Civil War soldier’s 160-year-old letters, discovered in a shoe box in Rhode Island, have been donated to an Islip historical society where they are being transcribed and made into a book.
Re: “Texas Civil War Museum to close — Showcase of artifacts from Union, Confederacy will be open through Oct. 31,” Sept. 13 Metro & Business story. Your report on the closing of the Texas ...