Happy Valentine’s Day! This is my fifth post on love stories and letters from the Civil War. SARAH MORGAN and FRANCIS DAWSON Sarah Morgan The romance between Francis Warrington Dawson and Sarah Morgan was an affair of the heart that took place after the...
Valentine’s card sent during the Civil War.Looking ahead to the “romantic holiday” known as Valentine’s Day, I though I’d share this heart-warming story of a hand-made valentine that a Confederate soldier sent to his wife during the Civil...
Shirley Plantation main house. The tree is 350 years old.James River lies just behind.I’m back from my whirlwind trip to Richmond where I signed copies of my Civil War novel Shades of Gray at Shirley Plantation on Valentine’s Day. What a great...