Museum Talk: Civil War Letters from Allen County Soldiers

Name: Museum Talk: Civil War Letters from Allen County Soldiers
Start: 2025-08-30T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-30T15:00:00-04:00
Location: 620 W Market St, Lima, OH, United States, Ohio 45801

Schedule

Sat Aug 30 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

620 W Market St, Lima, OH, United States, Ohio 45801 | Lima, OH

Hear from Ohio Northern University History student, Jacob Wagner, all about Allen County Civil War soldier's letters. These letters are from the collection of the Allen County Archive. Wagner analyzed their correspondence and will tell us about what these soldiers wrote home about, primarily focusing on the political atmosphere of the Civil War. Come and enjoy learning more about Allen County's own Civil War veterans and what they wrote home about.
This lecture is free for all visitors.