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Moving on From Myersville

3/8/2019

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Louisa Linebaugh was one of nine children, all born in Myersville. The years between 1860 an 1870 altered everything Louisa knew. At the start of the decade, she lived in a bustling family with every indication of prosperity—even in wartime, as her exuberant mid-1860s teenage fashion shows. But shortly after this carte de visite was taken, on 26 December, 1864, her father died at the age of 57, and the family in Myersville rapidly dispersed.

To read the article by historian Ann Longmore-Etheridge, click here.

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