A Worcester County Civil War story in letters

letters at the Gardner Museum, 28 Pearl St., Gardner. Jan Drake is a retired librarian and hobby genealogist who lives in Needham. Her great grandfather’s cousin George W. Harwood from North Brookfield enlisted in the MA 36th Regiment of Volunteers which served for three years (1862-1865), travelling with the Ninth Corps primarily under General Ambrose Burnside. The program includes reading from the letters, and maps and photos of people and places mentioned.