Angela Kirkham Davis House

Former home of Angela Kirkham Davis who chronicled her experiences as a Union sympathizer. The house also served as a hospital after the Battles of Antietam and Funkstown. Angela Kirkham Davis was a Union supporter who cared for wounded soldiers of both sides during the Battle of Antietam in September 1862 and again in 1863 after the Battle of Funkstown.  With her husband Joseph Davis, she brought food and water to the battlefield and took a wounded officer into her home to recuperate.  Davis recounted her wartime experiences in War Reminiscences: A Letter to my Nieces. This home is a private residence.

See these sources and websites for additional information:

• Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: http://www.mdihp.net/  (Select “Search by Property” tab, and enter WA-I-554  in search box to right of “Site No.”) Roger Keller, Crossroads of War – Washington County, Maryland in the Civil War (Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1997), 3-33.
• Historical Marker Database: http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=2008