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LOVE LETTERS

A real love story

THE FRIENDS OF THE
A TCU LIBRARY AND TCU PRESS
small selection of letters from the Love Family Letters collection was recently on display
in the Special Collections reading room. The letters from the Civil War era, document the
war from both the battlefield and the home front. The exhibit was held in conjunction
with the publication of the TCU Press book, Yours in Filial Regard: The Civil War Letters of a Texas PRESENT THE
Family, edited by Kassia Waggoner and Adam Nemmers, two TCU graduate students. The book
transcribes and edits all 79 letters in the Love Family collection.

In March of 1861 Texas seceded from the Union and the Love brothers of Limestone
County—Cyrus, Samuel, James and John—enlisted to fight for the Confederate cause. For the
next four years, the brothers travelled the war-torn South as cavalry in Terry’s Texas Rangers,
seeing action in some of the fiercest battles in the Western Theater, yet faithfully sending letters TCU
home to their expectant family.

Complete with a scholarly introduction shedding insight into the Love family, their travels and
their family communication network, this volume collects, transcribes and annotates 78 letters
by eight authors spanning the entire Civil War. In addition to soldiers’ correspondence, the TEXAS BOOK
collection also contains letters written to and from their female relatives on the domestic front.

Yours in Filial Regards: The Civil War Letters of a Texas Family offers a fascinating inside perspective of the Civil War from both the
Confederate battle lines and the home front. AWARD

KASSIA WAGGONER lives in Fort Worth. She is a doctoral candidate in the TCU English department, where she teaches
composition, literature and women’s studies courses.

ADAM NEMMERS currently resides in Fort Worth. He is an English doctoral student at TCU, where he teaches both composition
and literature.
FOR BEST BOOK ABOUT TEXAS
Books are available for purchase from the TCU Press at www.prs.tcu.edu or 817-257-6874.

Chess Anyone?

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS JUNE 10, 2016
YOU KNOW WE HAVE A FAB LAB IN THE LIBRARY WITH A
3-D PRINTER! This 3-D printer recently took on a big job—printing chess
pieces. A TCU student wanted us to buy a chess set to have available in the
Library for recreational activity. What a great idea! An even better idea, instead FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 817-257-7022
of purchasing a chess set, we decided to make one using the 3-D printer.

If you are a chess player and/or want to take a break from class, studying or
to simply visit the library, the chess set is now available for check out for up to
four hours. It’s waiting for you at the Library Services Desk.

Spread the word to all of your chess playing friends!

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