Fabric Reproduction as carefully as possible, in blue print and red. Letter by Rachel Young King Anderson who kept diary from 1861 till the death of Lincoln. She penned a total of 48 entries while she and her husband and children worked on the family farm in Springfield, Missouri ( Civil War Diary Quilt by Rosemary Youngs)
"Dec. 4, 1861 About this time there were many rumours afloat that the young men of Kentucky would be drafted and forced to take up arms agains the Government of the United States. With these reports, many young men of our neighbourhood, who were determined to remain steadfast to their loyal principles , in support of the government, of of Fore Fathers, were induced to leave their homes and seek refuge in other states.
"They most generally went by the way of Morgantown, crossed Green River and on to Hartford. From thence to Owensboroug, from thence into the Ohio State. Among these were some of our young Brethren, who became very uneasy, and fearful almost to nervousness. On the fourth of December Brother Reuben Wise setted it in his mind to leave for some place of freedom, where he could find releasement to his disturbed feelings.
"The Brethren gave him fifty dollars to bear his expenses a loaned him a horse to ride, as far as Green River. He went to Wm McGowans and stayed the first night. Samuel McGowan accompanied him as far as Green River. Reuben sent the horse back by Samuel."
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