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Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell, diary

July 7, 1863

“A fierce cavalry engagement at Hagerstown between [Jeb] Stuart and some Yankee cavalry officers and soldiers. Federals driven back to Boonsboro. Rebels advancing into Pennsylvania”


Author

Name: Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell

Unit: N/A

Document Information

Type: Diary

Subject(s):

  • Civilian Support for the Confederacy

Event Location: Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD; Boonsboro, Washington Co., MD

Document Origin: Frederick City, Frederick Co., MD

Source

Markell, Catherine Susannah Thomas. Frederick Maryland in Peace and War 1856-1864, The Diary of Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell. Transcribed by David H. Wallace. Frederick, MD: The Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc., 2006.

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