O Canada!
Prior to 1865 and 360 miles long miles north of Loudoun County, was Ontario, Canada – the northern star forContinue Reading
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Roads to Civil War mapped by a Quaker
Yardley Taylor grew apple trees, delivered county mail, wrote anti-slavery essays, and in 1853 surveyed a map of Loudoun County.Continue Reading
“…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
Rebecca Wright: Quaker teacher, Union spy
Rebecca M. Wright (1838-1914) was a young teacher from a Quaker family living in Winchester, Virginia. She spent at leastContinue Reading
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Reconstruction begins: Yardley Taylor’s letter to Governor Francis Pierpont
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.
Kirkbride Taylor, 8th Virginia Infantry, Confederate Army
Living in Virginia at the start of Civil War meant that Quaker citizens had decisions to make: which side wereContinue Reading
Nest of Abolitionists 