This book is arranged into five sections: ?A Brief History of Valentines Day in America ?Civil War Era Commercial Valentines ?February in the War ?Love Letters from Soldiers ?Civil War Era Poems and Love Songs Gazing upon a Victorian valentine is to return for at least a moment to a more romantic era. To hold one today, as fragile as a dream, is to know as the nineteenth century poet Kathrine Lee Bates did, "Old love is gold love, old love, the best." Sarah Ban Breathnach * Victorian Family Celebrations Table of Contents: Til Death Do Us Part Love Letters From the Civil War A Brief History of Valentines Day in America The American Valentine Industry Begins Civil War Era Commercial Valentines Civil War Valentines Civil War Sweethearts My Love Love Letters From the Civil War Civil War Poems & Love Songs Lorena Anabel Lee A Health. A Serenade. Unseen Spirits. Sparkling and Bright The Old Kentucky Home. Lilly Dale My Southern Soldier Boy Sweet Evelina When This Cruel War Is Over Listen to the Mockingbird After All. My Love. Bibliography