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“…his force of machinists…”

See “Lewis was given the command of a battery…,” above.

Copy of a letter from William L. Maury to Lt. Col. S.S. Anderson, February 8, 1862, included in an original log book of William L. Maury, in the possession of Russell Hooper, to whom I’m very grateful for his wisdom and his generosity with his substantial collection.

“…too small and too sick…”

Copy of a letter from William L. Maury to Lt. Col. S.S. Anderson, September 17, 1861, included in an original log book of William L. Maury, in the possession of Russell Hooper, to whom I’m very grateful for his wisdom and his generosity with his substantial collection.

“…to effectively man the fourteen guns…”

Copy of a letter from William L. Maury to Commander R.F. Pinckney, December 1, 1861, included in an original log book of William L. Maury, in the possession of Russell Hooper, to whom I’m very grateful for his wisdom and his generosity with his substantial collection.

“…from another balloon…”

Copy of a letter from William L. Maury to Brig. General Benjamin Huger, July 31, 1861, included in an original log book of William L. Maury, in the possession of Russell Hooper, to whom I’m very grateful for his wisdom and his generosity with his substantial collection.

“…make their escape.”

Copy of letters from William L. Maury to Lt. Colonel S.S. Anderson, August 20, 1861, and to Colonel R.E. Colston, July 22, 1861, included in an original log book of William L. Maury, in the possession of Russell Hooper, to whom I’m very grateful for his wisdom and his generosity with his substantial collection.

“Two Maurys were arrested…”

A famous incident in Maury family lore, as related to me by Russell Hooper. The Maurys in question were Northerners, so they were eventually released. It would seem that they learned the hard way that the Maury family cotton business was not going to continue during the conflict.

“…not discuss how letters were sent…”

Transcript of a letter from Ann Fontaine Maury to Ann Maury, September 25, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…not even lies.”

Maury, B. H., & In Parmelee, A. M. (1938). The Confederate diary of Betty Herndon Maury: Daughter of Lieut. Commander M.F. Maury, 1861-1863. Washington: Privately printed, p. 15.

“Tin pans rattled gently…”

Narrative of Joseph Hammett Dell.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 139.

“…Union dead stripped of their shoes…”

Maury, B. H., & In Parmelee, A. M. (1938). The Confederate diary of Betty Herndon Maury: Daughter of Lieut. Commander M.F. Maury, 1861-1863. Washington: Privately printed, p. 24.

“…fleeing the battle in a buggy…”

Maury, B. H., & In Parmelee, A. M. (1938). The Confederate diary of Betty Herndon Maury: Daughter of Lieut. Commander M.F. Maury, 1861-1863. Washington: Privately printed, p. 28.

“…medical supplies contraband.”

Maury, B. H., & In Parmelee, A. M. (1938). The Confederate diary of Betty Herndon Maury: Daughter of Lieut. Commander M.F. Maury, 1861-1863. Washington: Privately printed, p. 24.

“…a curse of caterpillars…”

Narrative of Sister Robinson.

Perdue, C. L., Barden, T. E., & Phillips, R. K. (1997). Weevils in the wheat: Interviews with Virginia ex-slaves. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, p. 241.

Sister Robinson

“…wave of squirrels…flocks of pigeons…”

Narrative of Henderson Perkins.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 182.

Henderson Perkins

“…raw meat makes men mean.”

Narrative of Henry Warfield.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 10, Mississippi, pp. 2178-79.

“…no word from him.”

See “…yes, she would confess it…,” above.

While it’s possible that Anarcha did not meet or marry Lorenzo until after she was relocated to the Alto plantation in King George, what is more likely and in keeping with record is that Anarcha and Lorenzo were already married as the war began, and that the beginning of the conflict would keep them apart and out of contact for some time.

“…crammed with wagons…”

Transcription of the Reminiscences of William H. Randall, entry May 23, 1864, held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA, end Original held in the Michigan Historical Collections in the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor, MI.