Til Death Do Us Part

This book is arranged into five sections:
¿A Brief History of Valentines Day in America
¿Civil War Era Commercial Valentines
¿February in the War
¿Love Letters from Soldiers
¿Civil War Era Poems and Love Songs
Gazing upon a Victorian valentine is to return for at least a moment to a more romantic era. To hold one today, as fragile as a dream, is to know as the nineteenth century poet Kathrine Lee Bates did,
"Old love is gold love,
old love, the best."
~Sarah Ban Breathnach * Victorian Family Celebrations~
Table of Contents:
Til Death Do Us Part
Love Letters From the Civil War
A Brief History of Valentines Day in America
The American Valentine Industry Begins
Civil War Era Commercial Valentines
Civil War Valentines
Civil War Sweethearts
My Love
Love Letters From the Civil War
Civil War Poems & Love Songs
Lorena
Anabel Lee
A Health.
A Serenade.
Unseen Spirits.
Sparkling and Bright
The Old Kentucky Home.
Lilly Dale
My Southern Soldier Boy
Sweet Evelina
When This Cruel War Is Over
Listen to the Mockingbird
After All.
My Love.
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