Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell, diary
June 27, 1862
“Mrs. Blackford and Miss Julia Grove went with us to Dixie.... Miss Ella Harper gave me a Virginia button just as we were about stepping into the boat. Jacob Grove hurrahed for Jeff Davis and fired a pistol in the middle of the river---the girls all carried tiny pistols to practice target firing and they returned the salute from Virginia shore.”
Author
Name: Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell
Unit: N/A
Document Information
Type: Diary
Subject(s):
- Civilian Support for the Confederacy
Event Location: Sharpsburg, Washington Co., MD; VA
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.
Transcripts
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