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Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell, diary

September 7, 1862

“Many Winchester boys here. Number of soldiers coming and going all day. General T. J. Jackson attended church at night with Captain Douglas---sat in William Bantz’s pew, the second back of ours. Dr. Zacharias prayed for the President of the United States.”


Author

Name: Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell

Unit: N/A

Document Information

Type: Diary

Subject(s):

  • Impact on Civilians

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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