Showing posts with label Secession Badges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Secession Badges. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Diary of Private William S. White, September 11, 1862

Passed through the villages of Middletown and Boonsboro'; halted within six miles of Hagerstown. A great many ladies wear the Secession badge, but most of the people seem afraid of us, and seem to look upon our troops as invaders.

SOURCE: William S. White, A Diary of the War; or What I Saw of It, pp. 130-1