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“…sabotage along the stage road…”

Letter from McDowell’s Division, May 13, 1862, from a miscellaneous collection of materials indexed “BV 481-08,” p. 13, held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA.

“…New Orleans had fallen.”

“Our Washington Correspondence,” May 20, 1862, from a miscellaneous collection of materials indexed “BV 481-08,” p. 16, held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA.

“…a rash of rebel prisoners…”

“Our Washington Correspondence,” May 20, 1862, from a miscellaneous collection of materials indexed “BV 481-08,” p. 16, held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA.

“…seventy-five bullet holes…”

“From the Second Wis. Regiment,” May 26, 1862, from a miscellaneous collection of materials indexed “BV 481-08,” p. 23, held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA.

“Six thousand Yankees were captured…”

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. 85.

“…35,000 Union soldiers…”

“From the Buck-Tails: Camp Near Falmouth, VA, May 3, 1862,” The Agitator, May 14, 1867, held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA.

“…30,000 Confederates…”

See “There was a Confederate army…,” above.

“…the rebel magazine exploded…”

“From the Second Wis. Regiment,” May 26, 1862, from a miscellaneous collection of materials indexed “BV 481-08,” p. 23, held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA.

“…skirmishes at Falmouth…”

“An Interesting Letter from the Grand Army,” May 2, 1862, from a miscellaneous collection of materials indexed “BV 481-08,” p. 4, held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA.

“…to Milton, North Carolina.”

Ann Fontaine Maury did, in fact, relocate to Milton, NC, which was an enclave for a number of Southern families. Her husband, William L. Maury, visited Milton briefly, but was soon sent abroad, where, as will be documented later, both he and his cousin would encounter J. Marion Sims. Neither Lewis or his wife would ever encounter Anarcha again.

Letter from Ann Fontaine Maury to Ann Maury, January 28, 1862, from Milton, held in the Maury Family materials at the Special Collections department of the Swem Library at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.

“She threatened to clip her ear…”

Narrative of Caroline Richardson.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., North Carolina Narratives, Vol. 2, pp. 199-200.

“…August 2, 1862…”

From a serious of materials relating to a slave escape in 1862, in the Woolfolk Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…gather their clothes for a journey.”

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. 89.

“They planned to walk until noon…”

There is no record of the exact journey of the enslaved people who escaped the Woolfolk plantation on the morning of August 2, 1862. Crossing the Rappahannock at a narrow point to the west would have been central to the plan however—along with avoiding being seen during the daytime.