Leominster's Charles T. Brown was a member of Company A, 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. He and his wife Sarah wrote more than 80 letters to each other, while Charles took part in the country's battles between the North and South, in 1861-1862.

In February, the Society acquired 21 of the letters, with intact stamps and envelopes, in pristine condition. Since then, we have transcribed the letters, researched the couple, and learned more about this Leominster soldier and his beloved wife and child.

We are pleased to announce that the letters will be made available to the public for viewing in June, 2004. We are in the process of determining how best to make them available for scholarly historic research, and suitably archiving them.

We will also make some of the letters available to members on this website. Members have received a biographical sketch of the family in their newsletter.

Welcome home, Charlie and Sarah, to the red brick schoolhouse where Sarah once taught.