The Homestead Act Of 1862 Stories

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Mrs. Constance W...'s Letters 06

by bbtp41 on Sep 15, 2017
Letters & Transcripts

Here I have combined three documents of related material between Constance and her husband Thomas. Less explicit than most, they clearly reveal the intimacy shared between the principals as well as salient points that will be revealed later. The Editor ***** The names and addresses have been changed to protect reputations of the descendants. ***** June...

Mrs. Constance W...'s Letters 09

by bbtp41 on Sep 15, 2017
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Hazel Park E..., Virginia August 20th, 1862 Brigadier K... Field Operations Camp Fort Cumberland Army of the Potomac W..., Virginia Dear General, I am certain that you are deeply engaged in the planning and implementing of war strategy to make a wreck of this fledgling Confederacy. But as you are also a son of Virginia through whose veins flows the spirit...

Earth Day, Sioux Indian Style Ch. 01

by BOSTONFICTIONWRITER on Sep 12, 2017
Non-Erotic

He was early for the Earth Day celebration. His nervousness always made him punctual. Instead of pacing and wearing out the carpet at home, he preferred getting in the car and driving to where he needed to go. The drive gave him something to do and the scenery calmed his nerves. He was nervous about attending his first Earth Day party and over visiting his...

Mrs. Constance W...'s Letters 08

by bbtp41 on Sep 15, 2017
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During the late summer of 1862 the W... family experienced a flurry of activity that is overlapping and interconnected. Each of the principals contributed observations and insights concerning the nature and implications of the events. I have here included several, by no means all of the correspondences, for the reader's edification and as an interlude to fut...

Mrs. Constance W...'s Letters 02

by bbtp41 on Sep 14, 2017
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All of the people and names included are fictitious. None of these people existed either now or in 1862. ***** At an estate sale in 2012 I purchased a writing desk that I planned to restore. Locked in one of the drawers I found these personal letters. With some research I was able to identify some corroborating documents in the National Archives which I w...

Mrs. Constance W...'s Letters 04

by bbtp41 on Sep 13, 2017
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All of the people and names included are fictitious. None of these people existed either now or in 1862. ***** I included both of these letters together as they were dated together. ***** The names and addresses have been changed to protect reputations of the descendants. ***** Hazel Park E..., Virginia Saturday May 10th, 1862 Major Hastings Regiment...

Mrs. Constance W...'s Letters 03

by bbtp41 on Sep 15, 2017
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All of the people and names included are fictitious. None of these people existed either now or in 1862. ***** Hazel Park E..., Virginia Tuesday April 29th, 1862 Miss Annabelle B..., Orange Plank Road A..., North Carolina Dear Annabelle, I was much encouraged by your letter. There is a wonderful feeling of kinship knowing that we each are engaged i...

Spooky Diary

by crypticravings on Sep 14, 2017
NonHuman

This narrative involves a story which I must stress is not my own. It is at once sad and joyful and (I am convinced most assuredly) not true. Although…well, I'll leave that for you, the reader, to decide. All that I can say is that there rings some truth to it, as fanciful as it seems to me. I will start this narrative with a little information about myself...

Cowboy's Story

by kaylaiswicked on Jul 6, 2004
Erotic Couplings

{This story takes place in the Old West. All characters are over 18} Robert Lee Jackson, who was later known as “Snake Jackson” was born in July 1862 on a small ranch just outside of Amarillo, Texas. His Daddy, wounded earlier in the war, struggled to support his wife and four children on the hardscrabble land. As the war ended, times got harder, but the...

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A Perfect She-Devil

by Todd172 on Dec 23, 2019
Loving Wives

Thanks to blackrandi for the invitation to the Wine and Old Lace event. Historical pieces can be pretty challenging and I've tried to do this one justice. Thanks to MsCherylTerra, stev2244 and norafares for the beta reads and editing. This would be unreadable without all of them. There are others who prefer not to be named; you know who you are, and you know...