Englar, a young woman living near Westminister, Carroll county, Md., recorded her daily activities and social engagements. There are scattered references to the Civil War, including accounts of hearing cannons, news about troop movements, and a notation in 1863 that fighting has begun near Gettysburg and that the county is filled with soldiers. Her family's sympathies were on the Union wide. Diary entries run from Jan. 1, 1862 to May 5, 1865, but one page lists marriages, 1861-1865.Carroll County (Md.) History Civil War, 1861-1865.Women Maryland Carroll County Social conditions.View this collection description in WorldCat.org: