Angela Kirkham Davis, memoir
in reference to 1861-1862
“…there were threats at time of burning [Joseph Davis’] store, and house, running his d---- ‘Yankee wife’ out of town, etc., however before this political excitement I had never met with a kindlier or more tender hearted people in my life.”
Author
Name: Angela Kirkham Davis
Unit: N/A
Document Information
Type: Memoir
Subject(s):
- Civilian Support for the Confederacy
Event Location: Funkstown, Washington Co., MD
Document Origin: Funkstown, Washington Co., MD
Notes
Angela Kirkham Davis was a resident of Funkstown, Washington County, Maryland, during the time of the Civil War. In a lengthy letter written to her nieces, she described her wartime experiences.
Source
Davis, Angela Kirkham, “War Remembrances,” Crossroads of War: Washington County, Maryland in the Civil War, ed. S. Roger Keller. Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1997, 7.
