While looking up my family geneology, my grandmother handed me a stack of letters (retyped in the 40's) that her mother had. Turns out that her mother was named after her grandmother, the wife of a Civil War soldier. These were his letters to her during the time he was serving with the Union Army from Delaware.

I have begun to reproduce some of them here. I am including his background information, and the start of the letters. As you might imagine, they read like a story, following history with an insider's point-of-view.

Yes, these too are copyrighted, please don't reproduce them without prior permission. These letters are typed verbatim.

Last – I get to brag.

My son (the actor) dances fabulously, and sings even better. (Who knew?) More than that, I get to help with costumes – a very different kind of design – but very fun.

Look! A munchkin flower hat for the Wizard of Oz