Letters, memoirs and documents of 19th century Quakers in Lincoln, Virginia
Men have attempted to practice a morality inconsistent with Christianity, while professing its principles, and the consequence has been the last cruel, unjust and wicked war, a war begun and carried on to uphold slavery.
“During all of the trying winter of 1860-1, when the Southerners were so defiant that they would not allow within their borders the expression of a sentiment hostile to their views, it was a brave man indeed who could stand up and proclaim his loyalty to the Union.” – Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) quoted from his Memoirs (Chapter 16)
Samuel, Elizabeth Janney and family left their Springdale School residence in 1854 and moved to the center of Goose CreekContinue Reading
Carrie Taylor gives a riveting account of the Union army’s 1864 sweep through northern Virginia, in which they burned barns,Continue Reading
Living in Virginia at the start of Civil War meant that Quaker citizens had decisions to make: which side wereContinue Reading
At the end of the Civil War, the Union army occupied the former Confederacy, supplying government for a South stillContinue Reading
Elizabeth Holmes (1800-1873) had strong opinions about the American Civil War so she sat down with a quilt frame andContinue Reading
A collector recently came across the items shown here, when at auction in Pennsylvania. Mr. Brian Murphy, the new ownerContinue Reading
In May 1863, Asa Moore Janney, along with two of his daughters, traveled outside Loudoun County. The nation was atContinue Reading
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