19 Tuesday Feb 2013
Posted in Civil War, Clay County, Music
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Appalachia, civil war, Clay County, fiddle, fiddler, fiddling, genealogy, history, Kim Johnson, Marshall Cottrell, music, photos, West Virginia
Marshall Cottrell, Fiddle Player and Confederate Veteran from Clay County, WV. Photo courtesy of Kim Johnson.
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Love this picture, Brandon. Marshall Cottrell was Sylvia O’Brien’s great-uncle, and a member of the Mocassin Rangers guerilla band (Confederate) from Calhoun & Clay counties during the Civil War. She gave me this picture. It’s an original tintype. Wilson Douglas’ great-grandfather Martin Douglas was also in the Rangers, along with his brother Joshua Douglas who was married to Confederate spy Nancy Hart.