Eunice Boeve

Providence Spring

Andersonville prison located ten miles from Americus, Georgia was built to hold captured union soldiers during the Civil War. Opened in February of 1864, the facility was soon filled to capacity and beyond as more and more prisoners were crowded within its walls. Before the war ended, a little over a year later, (more…)

During the Civil War it became evident that quill pens and pokeberry juice ink, the writing instruments of the day, were impractical for field use. The Army’s need for maps, written orders, and other messages with desk and chair setting miles away in barracks, tents, or officers quarters, created a demand for the (more…)

My husband, Ron, and I have just returned from Kentucky where we visited our middle daughter, Kandy. She lives just over the Ohio River from Cincinnati and one day we went there to see the house of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. We also shopped and did other fun things. After (more…)