Lemuel Abijah Abbott, diary
July 8, 1864
“With the Georgetown or Washington and Baltimore turnpikes both passing through Frederick, it is easy to see why this is an important point as viewed from a military standpoint. The latter runs in a westerly direction from Baltimore, crosses the Monocacy river over a stone bridge about three miles from, and on through…”
Author
Name: Lemuel Abijah Abbott
Unit: 10th Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry , Co. B & D
Document Information
Type: Diary
Subject(s):
- Military/Battles
Event Location: Frederick City, Frederick Co., MD
Document Origin: Frederick City, Frederick Co., MD
Source
Abbott, Lemuel Abijah. Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary, 1864. Burlington, VT: Free Press, 1908, 97.
