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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.