Event Details

PAST Monthly Meeting

Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm

Location: Governor Martin House/Bureau of Archaeological Research

Description: Tristan Harrenstein, Public Archaeology Coordinator for FPAN North Central will be presenting, “Dear Friends at Home”: Becoming Acquainted with a Civil War Soldier through His Letters Home

Melvan Tibbetts was a Union soldier occupying Pensacola for a portion of the Civil War. We are very lucky to have the 20 letters that he wrote home to his family in Maine. These letters supply a wealth of information about West Florida during the Civil War, but they also provide a strong sense of familiarity with Melvan himself. This presentation demonstrates how much of an author's personality is contained in historical documents and how this results in a more personal understanding of the past for the reader.

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FPAN is participating in this event.