Love At a Distance

Kentucky and the nation are in the throes of a Civil War when John Brennan Union Army major attends a dance in Frankfort Kentucky. There he meets Emma Hickman the woman who will change his life. In his first letter to Emma John confesses All that I had fancied you to be has been more than realized after personally knowing you and I will with all sincerity say that the heart which has been partially yours for some time is now entirely yours. Emma responded You have forgotten I see what I told about soldiers that I would not have a Soldier lover. Undaunted John continued writing launching a three year long distance courtship that finally culminated in marriage. In the letters of John and Emma we are privileged to witness a deep and abiding love that sustained the two lovers through war separation loss and tragedy.