Friday, February 5, 2016

Tues, March 1, Civil War Letters, Old Saybrook

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Civil War Love Letter Reading
at Acton Library, Old Saybrook
Free and open to the public
Old Saybrook, Conn--The Shoreline Civil War Roundtable is hosting Lisa Saunders of Mystic, author of "Ever True: A Union Private and His Wife," which features the love letters between Charles and Nancy McDowell.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 6:30-8:30pm
Presentation: Love Letters of a Union Private and His Wife
Admission: Free and open to the public
Shoreline Civil War Roundtable
Acton Library, upstairs meeting room
60 Old Boston Post Rd, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
For more information about the meeting, contact Tom Schuch, tom82baur@gmail.com.

The Shoreline Civil War Roundtable is hosting Lisa Saunders of Mystic, author of "Ever True: A Union Private and His Wife," which features the love letters between Charles and Nancy McDowell. After discussing the research behind the book, Saunders, with the help of a "Charles and Nancy," played by Alex Young and Anna Carey of Old Saybrook High School, will read several selected passages. The story: Charles married Nancy when she was 15 years old. Enlisting as a private in the New York 9th Heavy Artillery two years later, he asked Nancy to save his letters. Despite his grueling battles and marches, he was able to save hers as well. Together, their letters tell of bullets, hangings, prostitutes, venereal disease, typhoid fever, lying injured on the battlefield for days, “clever women,” and the court marshalling of a cow. (Note: Charles fought in several battles with the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery in the Sixth Corps.)
For more information about "Ever True: A Union Private and His Wife," contact author Lisa Saunders at lisaSaunders42@gmail.com or visit www.authorlisasaunders.com