Barb Winters’ book Letters to Virginia: Correspondence from three generations of Alexandrians before, during and after the Civil War, draws on letters from three Alexandria families — the Eaches, Fendalls, and Tacketts — discovered by Winters while working as a library assistant at the Local History Special Collections Department of Alexandria’s Barrett Library. This treasure trove of history as it was once lived offers insight into the times: the deadly toll of cholera, the uncertainty of living in an occupied town, and even the experience of two Confederate soldiers who became POWs. Sponsored by Gale Cengage Learning.
