“…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
Letters, memoirs and documents of 19th century Quakers in Lincoln, Virginia
Catherine Mary Powell Noland Cochran (1814-1895) wrote a memoir and diary of her dramatic experiences during the Civil War. HerContinue Reading
Because of high land prices in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, by the 1730’s and 1740’s, Quakers began moving south intoContinue Reading
“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)
Carrie Taylor gives a riveting account of the Union army’s 1864 sweep through northern Virginia, in which they burned barns,Continue Reading