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Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell, diary

February 20, 1863

“Colonel Ulysses Hobbs, Dr. Tom Shafer and Mr. Joshua Dryden of Baltimore here in the evening. Mr. Dryden sang many southern songs, among them ‘Old Abe Lincoln’ to tune of ‘Evelina.’”


Author

Name: Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell

Unit: N/A

Document Information

Type: Diary

Subject(s):

  • Civilian Support for the Confederacy

Event Location: Frederick City, Frederick 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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