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Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell, diary

September 14, 1862

“Federal army still passing.Cavalry called (later) second time but were convinced by Major Henry Schley (Dr. Fairfax’s father) that it was sheer folly to suspect us of concealing either soldiers or arms and abandoned the idea.”


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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