Catherine Susannah Thomas Markell, diary
May 26, 1863
“Ellie Harper left this morning with gray cloth for two soldiers’ suits, a pair of cavalry boots, two pairs trooper’s gloves, a lot of ribbon calico, etc, fastened to her hoops! She was so heavy we had to push her up the car platform at the depot whither a crowd of us escorted her.”
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.
Transcripts
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