So I've been watching Ghost Hunters today, and there was an episode about the Edgewood Plantation, which is located in Virginia. There was said to be a woman that lingers there named Lizzie (Elizabeth) Rowland, and she awaits for her lover to return from the Civil War. He never came home to her and she died of a broken heart. During those times, if a man gave you a diamond ring, you were supposed to carve your initials into a window or glass. She put her whole name in old script. It is still there to this day.
Moving on, I decided to look up love stories during the Civil War and came across some information about Dr. Bowman Bigelow Breed and his wife, Hannah Breed. The doctor and his wife promised to write each other everyday, even if "only a line". From what I understood, when all was said and done, there would end up being about 1000 letters exchanged between the two. Here is a picture of their sacred love letters:
Photo credit to Gerry Broome. Hope you enjoyed that little historical tidbit.
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