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Robert Cruikshank, letter
June 30, 1863
“The people were out at their doors passing to the men as they ran by such provision as they had in their houses, with water. Ladies waved their handkerchiefs and cheered us on. Some were in tears and some in...
Full DetailsRobert Cruikshank, letter
July 6, 1863
“We passed through Littlestown…The town looked deserted as we passed through. Doors were locked and blinds closed and when any of the men were admitted into a kitchen and bought a loaf of bread he was charged fifty cents for...
Full DetailsRobert Cruikshank, letter
July 9, 1863
“We are now west of South Mountain and about seven miles south of Boonsboro. If I only had time to look over the country and could march as I choose, I would enjoy the scenery for it is very beautiful....
Full DetailsRobert Cruikshank, letter
July 9, 1863
“I have but one shirt with me, a calico one. Every night I have gone to a stream, taken it off, washed it, wrung the water out of it and put it on again, letting it dry on me.”
Full DetailsAngela Kirkham Davis, memoir
1861-1862
“In Funkstown, where we were living, the secession feeling was very strong and at times bitter…most of the citizens being Rebels…When the news of the surrender of Fort Sumter was received, there was great rejoicing among them and in order...
Full DetailsCatherine Susannah Thomas Markell, diary
October 17, 1859
“Great excitement in town. Bells ringing etc.”
Full DetailsThomas Henry, memoir
1838-1846
"From this place [Ringgold’s Manor] I went to a place called Red Hill, in Pleasant Valley, in Washington county, Md.; there I found true friends, as Mr. Jacob Snavely and wife, who took me in and cared for me and...
Full DetailsThomas Henry, memoir
1835-1838
"…I was just forty years old when I came to the A.M.E. Church. In her wilderness of condition, from the year 1835 to 1837. I can only say that I was with the Elder, him and myself, and wending my...
Full DetailsThomas Henry, memoir
1847-1853
"I went from Antietam to Middletown Valley, in Frederick county, where I took charge of a white church, given to us by the United Brethren. The white friends were very kind to us in this part of the country. Dr....
Full DetailsThomas Henry, memoir
1854-1859
"I heard of a lot of ground up in the Manor that could be bought on very reasonable terms. This lot belonged to Mr. Jacob Rikehardt, my old employer’s son. It was close by old Mr. Hogmyer’s camp ground, where...
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