Custer Custer love letters rescued!

[connecticut yankee]

A Union soldier risked his life to return the spoils of war — the intimate correspondence from Gen. Custer's wife:

https://www.cowboysindians.com/2016/04/libbies-love-letters/

 

[WJC]

Great article! Thanks for sharing the URL!

 

[ErnieMac]

Wilmon Blackmar would earn the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism at the Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865.

 

[mofederal]

A very good article, I enjoyed it. Some very interesting information.

 

[Lubliner]

I very much wanted to know when and where the recovery was made, but alas! I read it twice hoping for a clue but could find none. What was the entry date to the diary event, and was the doctor's house in the vicinity of Richmond? Anyone with a few more details would be enlightening.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

That was so interesting!