Event Details

Lecture: "Dear Friends at Home"

Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm

Location: Columbia County Public Library, Lake City

Description:
“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 This presentation demonstrates how much of an author's personality is contained in historical documents and how this results in a more personal understanding of the past for the reader.

FPAN is co-hosting this event.