Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell, diary
September 9, 1862
“Mrs. Douglas, Bob, Ginnie Myers, Alice McLanahan, Fannie Ebert, Annie Fout and I visited
Generals Lee, Jackson and Longstreet at their headquarters about 2 miles south of Frederick. We
took several bouquets, gave mine to General Longstreet. Henry Douglas introduced us to General Jackson. General Lee, in landing in Maryland, had a fine horse presented to him---on
mounting, he spurred it. In rearing, the horse fell backward on the general, breaking one wrist and injuring the other. Both were bandaged almost to the fingertips so that we could but just touch them in shaking the noble old soldier’s hand. “Touch them gently, ladies,” he said, when we insisted on a handshake. General Pryor called, also General J.E.B. Stuart, the latter is a gay, rollicking cavalier and a great favorite with the girls.”
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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