On July 8\, 2026\, at 6:30 pm ET\, the All en County Public Library is hosting Melissa Winn via Zoom.
\n\n< p>During the Civil War years\, hundreds of thousands of soldiers wrote let ters home\, many containing card-sized photos of themselves. By the end of the conflict\, thousands of letters and images remained undelivered at th e Dead Letter Office in Washington\, D.C. For decades after the war\, the employees of the Dead Letter Office went to extraordinary efforts to retur n these images to a rightful recipient. Melissa shares photos from her col lection of Dead Letter Office images and tells the touching story of these interrupted sentiments and the noble efforts by many to send them home.\n\;
\nMelissa A. Winn is the Director of Marketing and Co mmunications for the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Previously\, s he was the Marketing Manager for the American Battlefield Trust and Direct or of Photography for HistoryNet\, publisher of nine history-related magaz ines\, including America&rsquo\;s Civil War\, American History\, and Civil War Times.
\nMelissa is a Senior Editor for Military Images \;m agazine\, with a regular column focused on women and the Civil War. She is the editor of Shavings and The Chronicle\, the member publications of the Early American Industries Association\, is a member of the Board of Direc tors of the Civil War Roundtable Congress and the Manassas Battlefield Tru st\; and serves as President of the Bull Run Civil War Round Table.
\n< p> \;\nEmail Lincoln@acpl.info for any questions.
\nLinco ln at the Library is sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public L ibrary
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