Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Charleston, Illinois

Log Cabins Forever:  "Harry and Nan are sleeping side by side and their spirits are roaming with the blessed." He would have been in his 20s when he fought for the G.A.R. She would have been at home with her parents, probably (like him) on the Illinois prairie. This log cabin may be where their life together started. She was clearly devoted to her husband and to perpetuating the memory of  the "Northern" cause. How do we know? She was a member of the Women's Relief Corps. Mound Cemetery. [2017]

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