1862 July 20 Lynchburg, Va.

]from the diary of William M. Blackford, bank officer and former diplomat with five sons in the Confederate Army]

Sunday 20   Fine day--Excellent
sermon--wrote to Eugene--called
in the afternoon at Sam Tyries
upon a Lt Shellman, of the 1 Mary
-land Regt., sick there--found he was
as I suspected, from Frederick & a
nephew of James M. Shellman
whom I used to know very well there
Had much information from him
of other friends there--most of whom
& their children, I was pleased to hear
were with us of the south in the
present contest.  Called afterwards
at Charles--Service at night.

George K. Shellman, 1st Maryland Infantry

MS 4763