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The Outside World Homepage | Outside World: Letters, Diaries, etc. | Excerpt from the diary of Laura Sherwood, January 10, 1861

Background: Samuel and Laura Sherwood moved with part of their family from Delhi to New York City in 1830  (see also the Biography of Samuel Sherwood) . Samuel was a lawyer. They continued to summer in Delhi, NY. The firing on the Union Ship "Star of the West" by South Carolinians on January 10, 1861 is considered the first shot of the Civil War.


 

Courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association Archives, 46549 State Hwy 10, Delhi, NY, 13753.

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