Postcard History

January 15, 2025

Tag: Civil War Postcards

  • The GreatLocomotive Chase

    The Great
    Locomotive Chase

    Editor’s Staff

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    The American Civil War is without doubt the most studied, talked about, disputed, scrutinized, and unforgettable event since the gavel dropped at the Continental Congress when our forefathers told King George III that it was all over between us Americans and his British monarchy. Contrary to the revisionist historians, the American Civil War was not…

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Past Article

Ray Hahn
October 24, 2023 2 Comments
This letter* from “Little Larry” to his Grams, who is back home in Kentucky, assures her that he is safe, doing his duty as a good soldier, and staying true to his family values is enlightening in many ways. The personal histories of the “Greatest Generation” still tug at America’s heartstrings. * Part of a militaria collection in a Virginia historical society.

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