Presentation by Lynne McKenney Lydick and Thomas R. Lydick, written by George Hull Ward and Emily Mayo Ward. The letters are extraordinary for all they communicate about the personal side of the Civil War. They detail the pain of prolonged separation, the challenges of single parenting, the maintenance of a household in the absence of the chief laborer and breadwinner, the difficulties of carrying on a farm, and of course, the horrors of the battle front. Joseph L. Ferris Community…