After Winning the War, still Losing Battles: reconstruction in Loudoun County
A thorough and insightful article can be read here, “The Freedmen’s Bureau in Loudoun County, Virginia: Getting Started, June 1865Continue Reading
Month: February 2020
“…in vain the Quaker pleaded his neutrality.”
Catherine Mary Powell Noland Cochran (1814-1895) wrote a memoir and diary of her dramatic experiences during the Civil War. HerContinue Reading
Civil War “Volunteers” and a Quaker Mill
Prior to the Civil War Quaker miller Asa Moore Janney (1802-1877) moved his family from Richmond to the community ofContinue Reading
