From “The Love Letters of Addison Munch to Anna Rebecca Cullers”, by Margaret Boyce (Peggy) Miotto.
Rebecca's son, George, enlisted twice from Ohio into the Union Army, serving until the end of the war, except for that time he was recovering from illnesses, for which he had been medically discharged. They kept his service from Rebecca till after the war, who was alone with the younger children in the Valley. George would write letters to her, send them to his father in Ohio, who then sent them to Rebecca as though George had written them from there with him.
Her brother-in-law Addison escaped once from the conscript officers, who were on their way to kill him, by hiding in Rebecca's house. After arriving there and finding no place to hide, pulled off his shoes, tied the laces together, hung his shoes around his neck and climbed up the inside of the chimney. There he literally clung to life while they searched for him throughout the house. One can only imagine the terror that Rebecca, and children, must have felt at that time. After they left, Addison descended, covered with soot, his hands and feet bloodied, and minus some finger and toe nails; but alive.
Rebecca and children at home had another scare, when Jackson’s troops commandeered all their food stores one time. When the troops left, they went behind them picking up what they could of what fell from their saddle bags, though it was trampled by so many hoofs and soiled by horse droppings.
From “The Love Letters of Addison Munch to Anna Rebecca Cullers”, by Margaret Boyce (Peggy) Miotto.
Rebecca's son, George, enlisted twice from Ohio into the Union Army, serving until the end of the war, except for that time he was recovering from illnesses, for which he had been medically discharged. They kept his service from Rebecca till after the war, who was alone with the younger children in the Valley. George would write letters to her, send them to his father in Ohio, who then sent them to Rebecca as though George had written them from there with him.
Her brother-in-law Addison escaped once from the conscript officers, who were on their way to kill him, by hiding in Rebecca's house. After arriving there and finding no place to hide, pulled off his shoes, tied the laces together, hung his shoes around his neck and climbed up the inside of the chimney. There he literally clung to life while they searched for him throughout the house. One can only imagine the terror that Rebecca, and children, must have felt at that time. After they left, Addison descended, covered with soot, his hands and feet bloodied, and minus some finger and toe nails; but alive.
Rebecca and children at home had another scare, when Jackson’s troops commandeered all their food stores one time. When the troops left, they went behind them picking up what they could of what fell from their saddle bags, though it was trampled by so many hoofs and soiled by horse droppings.
Family Members
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George Washington Munch
1844–1905
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Benjamin Franklin Munch
1846–1861
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Artilla Jane Munch Golladay
1848–1914
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Rachel Pauline Munch Keller
1853–1927
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Minerva A Munch Moreland
1855–1918
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Emma V Munch Boyce
1857–1892
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Bettie Belle Munch
1860–1861
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James W Munch
1862–1928
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Lincoln B. Munch
1866–1915
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Effie Clara Munch Boyce
1869–1958
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