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From Indian Ridge, Joseph B. Morgan sent his son news of raids, illness, harvests and home. Read five complete letters from 1863–1864, reproduced with permission of the VMI Archives.

The physician of Indiantown Creek, his family, and the stories that survived the war.

Sunday at Grandma’s, and the years behind the welcome

Two mares, a debt, and a place called Johnnycake Town.

The cries on Thoroughfare Island—and the woman remembered long after the search was over.